Threshing crew with steam engine, thresher, and bundle rack. Nick Scherer and Nathan Day at Quiggle farm, north of Amboy. Oscar Robinson on wheelbarrow.
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.
Albert Borth (5th from left, arms crossed) Threshing rig engine burned straw. 1921 Albert Borth - father of Mrs. Art (Lena) Asmus Asmus family came from Lester Prairie to Chokio 1896 Borth family came from Arlington, Minnesota to Chokio about 1900.
Photograph of the Steen family on their farm with Iver Pederson's threshing crew, posed by the threshing machine. This photograph was taken in 1909. The little boy is Conrad Steen, shown next to his parents, Carl August Williamson Steen and Annie (Peterson) Steen, with his sister Jennie standing nearby. Also depicted is Carl Steen's sister Anne Marie (Steen) Pederson. The photograph was taken during a coffee break.
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.