Identity area
Reference code
BCA - 2022.3237
Title
Threshing the corn using a steam engine to drive the threshing machine
Date(s)
- c1900 (Creation)
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image
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Scope and content
Before combine harvesters were the norm, threshing was done any time from November onwards when other harvesting had been done and probably once the cattle had been brought in under cover for the winter.