BIG NICK ARRIVES ON THE EASTERN SHORE

By George E. Neal
Published on March 1, 1974
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On the Eastern Shore of Maryland where I was born and raised,
the wheat fields averaged from about 40 to 60 acres, as most of the
farms here were of 160 acres more or less.

As I recall, my first association with a steam threshing rig was
around the age of 8 or 9. My first job at threshing time was
hauling wood to the engine long before daylight. Around sunup

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