THRESHING INCIDENTS

By Leroy W. Blaker
Published on March 1, 1971
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Me and the 24-75 hp. Port Huron sawmill engine I have owned fifty years. Photo was in April, 1970.

I had a lot of fun and useful work with my 2 hp. vertical steam
engine, and I bought a new Dutton 3 hp. vertical boiler for it in
1913, and used it to run a buzz-saw, large wood turning lathe, feed
grinder, and corn sheller.

My first experience running a steam traction engine came in the
Fall of 1916. I was helping a neighbor fill silo and was hauling

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