Posted by JCarroll on December 26, 2011 at 06:52:19 from (99.65.6.237):
In Reply to: What are they doing posted by Stephen Newell on December 26, 2011 at 05:52:37:
The power for the threshing machine (also called a separator in some parts of the country) comes from the steam engine - an external combustion device which boils water into steam which powers a reciprocating piston connected to a crankshaft with a belt pulley. Looks like they are firing the engine with coal.
The grain is being sacked as its threshed. Often it was run into a wagon for later shoveling into a bin.
That photo is an excellent depiction of 40 years of ag mechanization.
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