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PAGE A24. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2006.
THRESHER
Miniature ponies of Trickle Creek in Bayfield are a highlight
for children. (File photo)
Miniatures return
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bring their grandchildren. Anyone
is welcome to visit, but he said it's
best to call first.
People will have the opportunity
to visit his collection in a tent at the
Thresher Reunion grounds during
the three-day event.
The harvesting of the first wheat
crop in the Huron County tract was
done in 1829. Only a few farmers
participated in the harvest as the
majority of settlers did not arrive
until the following year.
Their tools were not very well
developed during this period with
the major implements being the
plough, the harrow, the sickle, the
rake and the flail. As the farms grew,
the need for more efficient
equipment also grew. This need led
to the threshing machines.
When fall frost was in the air, the
work of threshing began. The history
of threshing in this country has
changed throughout the years.
First of all, the men did the flailing
— slow dry work. The grain, after
being cut by the sickle, was flung
aside to be gathered later and bound
into sheaves. It was scattered on the
hard ground and beaten with flails to
separate grain from straw.
The second way was to have
animals do.the work of threshing by
tramping on the sheaves.
Thirdly, a horse was used to pull a
log with pins in it. The log would
roll over the sheaves. The fourth way
of threshing was to use two teams of
oxen, operating on horsepower,
driving an open cylinder thresher.
These methods were the
forerunners of the John Goodison
machine which was built in Sarnia
about 1910. This machine was
complete with cylinder, self feeder,
beater, decks, fanning mill. blower
and straw cutter. It is a very heavy
Siertsema's association with the
Reunion began through working on
the heavy horse display with another
Bayfield resident Tom Penhale.
"He mentioned whether I'd been
interested in bringing the animals to
the show" This will be the fourth
year they have attended.
machine, equipped with four heavy
road wheels, and it also had an
elevator to put the grain in the
granary.
The advent of the threshing
machine and steam engine brought
the final phase of development in
agriculture. Crews were able to
The true
meaning
of horse
power
on
display
Another memory from the past
was rejuvenated at the annual
Thresher Reunion eight years ago
when horses became part of the
show and the tradition is carrying
on.
The event had been discontinued
several years ago due to safety
concerns with horses around large.
noisy steam engines, but the
grounds expansion resulted in the
event returning.
It takes place far from the engines
with a barrier between it and the
campgrounds, which has proven to
be a safe site.
The equine will be plowing,
discing and cultivating during
demonstrations throughout the
weekend, allowing visitors the
opportunity to witness history come
back to life.
move from farm to farm on schedule
to thresh the wheat.
Threshing days became huge
community events. It also meant that
this labour-saving combine, with
other machines, helped to bring
costs down low enough to compete
with the States in the sale of wheat.
REUNION
Before the engines there was horse power and in recent
years the plowing demonstration has been revived at the
Thresher Reunion. (File photo)
First Huron wheat
harvested in 1829
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