Thrashin’ Day

By Marian B. Manwell
Published on September 1, 1969
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A strip of grain was left to be cut with the binder on Threshing Day. Everyone pitched in to set the bundles into shocks.
A strip of grain was left to be cut with the binder on Threshing Day. Everyone pitched in to set the bundles into shocks.
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Mrs. Clara Freeland brings materials to demonstrate the old-time art of quilting. Churning, knitting, cider making and sheep shearing were also demonstrated.
Mrs. Clara Freeland brings materials to demonstrate the old-time art of quilting. Churning, knitting, cider making and sheep shearing were also demonstrated.
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Merritt Mathews half-scale steam engine really worked to power the smaller separator. Old-timers were in their glory, recalling the old days. There was no lack of help for the threshing.
Merritt Mathews half-scale steam engine really worked to power the smaller separator. Old-timers were in their glory, recalling the old days. There was no lack of help for the threshing.
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Mark McCarty's engine, in perfect working order, brings back memories for visitors in 1967.
Mark McCarty's engine, in perfect working order, brings back memories for visitors in 1967.
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The patient horses quickly adjusted to the accustomed noises of the machinery and the crowd.
The patient horses quickly adjusted to the accustomed noises of the machinery and the crowd.
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The man who builds the stack has a painstaking, itchy, dirty but very necessary job!
The man who builds the stack has a painstaking, itchy, dirty but very necessary job!
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Wood, to use in the old range for cooking the threshers dinner, was buzzed up on Clayton Uhl's antique rig.
Wood, to use in the old range for cooking the threshers dinner, was buzzed up on Clayton Uhl's antique rig.
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An antique fork did an excellent job of forking straw.
An antique fork did an excellent job of forking straw.
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A second separator an antique model, with a conveyor table instead of the blower was brought and used.
A second separator an antique model, with a conveyor table instead of the blower was brought and used.
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Something new has been added! Clinton Manwell has been working his ox team for months, preparing them for duty on Threshing Day.
Something new has been added! Clinton Manwell has been working his ox team for months, preparing them for duty on Threshing Day.

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Ruth Uhl demonstrates carding and spinning wool on her antique
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