The smaller wagon next to the tractor collects the grain after it is run through the threshing machine. The threshing machine separates the grain from the straw, much like today's combine.
Threshing grain required many people and lots of work. One man is pitching bundles into the threshing machine while the other is watching the steam engine.
Several man are working on this threshing crew. Even a young child is standing with a pitch fork in hand. As the day and work progressed, men would take off their coats and hang them on anything convenient.
Portrait of Jens Hans and his family. The family are grouped together in the foreground, with some of their personal items incluidng an Edison phonograph. The house and the barns are also visible.
It took many people to thrash grain. Most of the work was done pitch forks. The pile in the rear is the straw blown out from the thrashing machine after the grain has been separated.
Originally this house was built in Ash Lake Township. In 1889, it was moved to Shaokatan Township. Six children were raised in this house. Every one is lined up outside the house with many of the other farm buildings in the background.
A belt is running from the tractor to the threshing machine. Two men are on the stack of bundles pitching the bundles into the threshing machine. The threshing machine separates the grain from the straw. Along side it two horses are hooked up to a wagon. Two women came to bring lunch.
A man has gotten off from the steam engine and is smoking a cigarette for a break. The dog is sitting with his tongue hanging out. This is part of a threshing crew.
Tron Midtaune's home built in 1882. They lived in this for nine years. Six children born in this time. Andrew Hexum standing near the corner. Mrs. Jens Ramlo (Christine Midtaune) and Caroline Midtaune at the door. Tron Midtaune is near the door.
Jens Forseth is with the oxen. Dorothy Kirkvold Forseth is in the buggy. Mr. and Mrs. Peder Bogen are standing with their children by the wagon. Jay Bogen and Ina Bogen Trulock. All are standing in front of the Peder Bogen home.
Members of the first Minnesota Live Stock Sanitary Board, formed in 1903. The board was formed to "protect the health of domestic animals of the state," and included three livestock breeders and two veterinarians. Seated, left to right: J.J. Furlong, W.W.P. McConnell, Forest Henry. Standing: veterinarians S.H. Ward, Charles E. Cotton, and Myron Reynolds. Dr. Ward served as the board secretary.
University of Minnesota veterinarian and students conduct a field visit at a Minnesota farm to examine a cow. One of the students holds a case for a TB innoculation and/or test.