Re: What does a Thresher do?

Posted by TomH in PA on April 22, 2006 at 20:15:07 from (206.99.145.240):

In Reply to: What does a Thresher do? posted by Lance in Brenham, TX on April 22, 2006 at 19:36:58:

Adding a bit to what greenmech said, for thousands of years grain was cut by hand, tied into sheaves to make handling easier and minimize the loss of grain, brought to a threshing room, and flailed with sticks to separate the grain from the straw. Obviously a very labor-intensive process.

The reaper was developed to cut the grain using horses. The binder was then developed to automatically tie the grain into sheaves as it was being cut. Then the thresher was developed to thresh the sheaves. Each step was easier than before, but it still involved a lot of labor.

Finally the combine was developed; it "combines" reaping and threshing, avoiding the task of binding and transporting the sheaves.

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