Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 337
e flail, and on farms where a large amount of grain was grownit kept a man busy a good part of the winter to thresh it. The first improve-ment was in threshing the grain by tramping it out with horses, and withtwo men and four horses, under the most favorable conditions, from fifty toone hundred… … IMPROVED THRESHER WITH BLOWER AND SEI.F-FEEDER. Another disadvantage of these methods was that it took a long time to pre-pare the crop for market, and in case of a sudden rise in price the farmercould not take advantage of it as he now can when his grain is all threshedin a single day and held in…
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