Harvesting with Steam Engines
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- FARM EQUIPMENT
- Harvesting was done with a steam-powered thresher. It took about 25-30 men to man the eight wagons hauling bundles, four men to load the wagons, three men to operate the machine, ten grain wagons to keep the grain. Slow and hot process.