The 46th annual Jewell County Historical Society Threshing Bee featured tractors were oddballs, orphans and crawlers. An interesting array of tractors were on display, but the long-time featured event is threshing. Several men work together to feed bundles, operate the equipment and oversee the process. The fascinating working display represents a time, when neighboring farmers worked together in large groups and moved from farm to farm to thresh the wheat crop. The process often took several weeks during the hottest part of summer. Above, the Jewell County Historical Society Threshing machine threshes the wheat bundles bound earlier this month.
The 46th annual Jewell County Historical Society Threshing Bee featured tractors were oddballs, orphans and crawlers. An interesting array of tractors were on display, but the long-time featured event is threshing. Several men work together to feed bundles, operate the equipment and oversee the process. The fascinating working display represents a time, when neighboring farmers worked together in large groups and moved from farm to farm to thresh the wheat crop. The process often took several weeks during the hottest part of summer. Above, the Jewell County Historical Society Threshing machine...
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