When mid-August rolls around, my thoughts always revert back to harvest time back in the 1940s and 1950s when this aging writer was a youth eager to take on any task asked of him. The old threshing ...

Naper Settlement is introducing the new “Thresher Experience” exhibit to the public, bringing to life a 1912 Wood Brothers Threshing Machine. The exhibit, which opened this spring for field trips, ...

Heatwole Threshing Association held its 44th annual show this past weekend. Attendees watched log sawing, grain threshing, plowing, blacksmithing, tractor games and tractor pulling at the club’s show ...

The Ground Hog Thresher got its name from its squat posture and from the rumbling and growling noises it made as it ground the grain. Threshing, the separation of the stalk and chaff from the grain, ...

Ward W. O'Hara Agricultural & Country Living Museum, special to The Citizen Ward W. O’Hara was a founder of the Agricultural & Country Living Museum that bears his name, located at Emerson Park in ...

Kansas author Glenn Ediger left no threshing stone unturned as he embarked on a historical treasure hunt for the tools used by the Mennonites who settled in and around central Kansas. From his own ...

PEKIN, N.D. – The Stump Lake Village Threshing Bee will be held over Labor Day weekend, carrying on a 25-year tradition. The event on Sunday, Sept. 5, and Monday, Sept. 6, has been held on the first ...

Harvesting small grains on the farm was always a major task each summer. Farmers needed to cut the wheat or oats, tie them into bundles and when dried, load the bundles onto horse-drawn racks to bring ...

FOREST CITY — Nearly 40 Forest City Thresher members, exhibitors, workers and volunteers gathered Tuesday, Aug. 27, at the Main Building for a potluck meal and to review the 2024 Threshing Show. The ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Folks from all over are headed to Meriden, Kansas this weekend to show off their antique engines. Engines of any kind are welcome here at the 45th annual Meriden Threshing Show ...

The 15th annual Stump Lake Village Threshing Bee, hosted by the Nelson County (N.D.) Historical Society, will be Sunday and Monday at Stump Lake Park. Here's a schedule: - 8 a.m. Church service. - 10 ...

The most important time for any farmer to be present on the farm is at the time to plant and time to harvest. The harvest handling can either make or break the farmer. Maize farmers all over Kenya are ...