The Shackleton Bros. threshing outfit, Alberta, 1898. Consisting of a steam engine, the threshing machine and a long belt. And lots of manual labour.
All needing to be fed and housed by the farmer's wife for the duration.
And today.
The Shackleton Bros. threshing outfit, Alberta, 1898. Consisting of a steam engine, the threshing machine and a long belt. And lots of manual labour.
All needing to be fed and housed by the farmer's wife for the duration.
And today.
That's the longest belt I have ever seen. And as far as a job I wouldn't want I think I would shovel s**t all day to get out of the mess we are in today. A million dollar tractor, how much corn does it take to service that loan?
ReplyDeleteA long belt might lessen the fire hazard?
ReplyDeleteAs for the combine, maybe there's more money in farming than I thought!
This just in:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2020/09/13/teen-hunter-killed-when-run-over-by-corn-harvester-near-caseville/
Ouch
CASEVILLE, Mich. – A 14-year-old deer hunter who possibly fell asleep in a farm field was killed when he was run over by a corn harvester in Michigan’s Thumb region, police said.
Emergency workers were called about 9 a.m. Saturday to the cornfield in a rural area near the Huron County city of Caseville after a farm worker spotted the boy soon after accidentally driving over him, according to the county sheriff’s office.
The boy from the nearby city of Elkton had been dropped off earlier for deer hunting at the field and might have fallen asleep, the sheriff’s office said. The farm worker wasn’t aware that anyone was in the field.
Oh, that's nasty. Asleep? Could you sleep through the noise of a combine running through your bedroom?
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