Learn how to turn an old fire extinguisher into a diesel threshing machine at home. Start by cutting and shaping the extinguisher to make the base. Add the diesel engine, attach the threshing drum ...

When the pull-type combine came, Frank's last working threshing machine was parked in the grove where it sat undisturbed for years along a half-dozen others.

In the days before mechanized threshing machines powered by steam tractors, farmers threshed — or “thrashed” as some called it — the oats out of the dry plants by hand in a back-breaking process. The ...

A frightful accident occurred at Rolling Praitie on Monday last, which, as near as we can learn, happened as follows: A number of bands were engaged in threshing wheat at the farm of Mr. BROWN ...

Irish priest Father Denis Reidy grew up on a rural farm in Co Cork and he recalls how threshing machines in the 1930s changed Irish agriculture. In this video by Irelandmade.ie, we meet people who ...

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During threshing, large amounts of smut or dust built up on the threshing machine, and sometimes a spark would ignite a deadly explosion.

ARTHUR — Steam Threshing Days will be held on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2 and 3, at the Illinois Amish Heritage Center, three miles east of Arthur.

What’s old is new again. After a year off, the Heatwole Threshing Show returns this weekend for its 42nd year. It’s a salute to the farming methods of yesterday. This year’s featu… ...

Threshing crews would travel from farm to farm with large machines that would thresh wheat and oats, separating grain from straw.

Other highlights are antique tractors, threshing machines, a flea market and craft show, games for kids and homemade food.