In response to the question about the unusual threshing machine
photo, it is a Sageng Threshing Machine, produced by the Sageng
Threshing Machine Co., St. Paul, Minn.
The company began in 1908. By 1909, there was a sales
representative in Dell Rapids, S.D., according to Dell Rapids
business records. The Norwegian-American Historical Association’s
archives in Northfield, Minn., contain brochures for the threshing
machine, and the Minnesota Historical Society may have additional
information. C.H. Wendel’s book Encyclopedia of American Farm
Implements & Antiques (page 352) has an illustration of
the threshing machine and some information on it.
machine, and the Minnesota Historical Society may have additional
information. C.H. Wendel’s book Encyclopedia of American Farm
Implements & Antiques (page 352) has an illustration of
the threshing machine and some information on it.
– Dawn Stephens, curator
South Dakota State
Agricultural Heritage Museum
Box 601, SDSU
Brookings, SD 57007
http://www.agmuseum.com/
