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Vernie, Bobby, & Grandpa Joe on Binder             Binder
 Era:  Mid 1930's...Far left: Vernon  and Bobby Skalsky (sitting on tractor) with Dad Joe (in Bib Overalls)
standing on rear of binder. The  binders were used to put the grain in "Shocks" or "Bundles" prior to threshing.
 
 

Hauling Bundles or Shocks                Long Flat Belt
Uncle Vernon driving tractor on the left, On the right notice the long belt running threshing machine.
 
 

Rubber tire Tractors Power Thresher                 Large Straw Piles
After  W.W.II  rubber tires were available.  Large straw pile generated from threshing.
 
 

Hauling straw away 1                  Loading Manure Spreader
The straw had to be hauled away and spread on the fields after the threshing was done. The right
picture shows my Uncle Vernon loading a "manure " spreader.
 
 

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Edited By Dan Skalsky 3 Jan. 2003