THE STORY OF THE REAPER – Part II

By Rolland E. Maxwell
Published on November 1, 1972
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Haugen Brothers rig threshing with Case engine-a few miles east of Spring Grove, Minnesota, during September 1925. Courtesy of Rudy Clemmensen, 833 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 55105.
Haugen Brothers rig threshing with Case engine-a few miles east of Spring Grove, Minnesota, during September 1925. Courtesy of Rudy Clemmensen, 833 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 55105.
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This threshing scene was taken August 15, 1970. It is a Minneapolis 28 x 46 Separator with Garden City feeder. This engine is owned by C. J. Woychik of Whitehall, Wisconsin. It had no work belted to a 28 x 46 Minneapolis Separator. We threshed 20 acres o
This threshing scene was taken August 15, 1970. It is a Minneapolis 28 x 46 Separator with Garden City feeder. This engine is owned by C. J. Woychik of Whitehall, Wisconsin. It had no work belted to a 28 x 46 Minneapolis Separator. We threshed 20 acres o
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Engineer looking under engine. Courtesy of Rudy Clemmensen, 833 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 55105.
Engineer looking under engine. Courtesy of Rudy Clemmensen, 833 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 55105.
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This outfit was bought new in about 1913 and the engine was cut up for scrap in 1939. (OOh I know that hurts, fellows-Anna Mae). The parking lot of the Big Rock Plowing Match in the early 1920's. Courtesy of Walter C. Bieritz, Route 2, Box 168, Yorkville,
This outfit was bought new in about 1913 and the engine was cut up for scrap in 1939. (OOh I know that hurts, fellows-Anna Mae). The parking lot of the Big Rock Plowing Match in the early 1920's. Courtesy of Walter C. Bieritz, Route 2, Box 168, Yorkville,

Route 4, Huntington, Indiana 46750.

From the period after 1831, when reapers were either invented or
discovered there was a great change in agriculture implements. Up
to this time plows were the crudest things, not being manufactured
by any companies, but by local blacksmiths, and mostly cast iron.
These would scour in the gravelly soils of the east. When they went

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