Porcupine Thresher, circa 1820
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This conical "porcupine" thresher beat the grain with the blunt wooden pegs as it was pulled around in a circle on a barn's threshing floor. The small end of the thresher was attached to a pivot, and the horse pulled the large end. It was used by Dutch and German farmers in the Mohawk Valley west of Albany, New York.
This conical "porcupine" thresher beat the grain with the blunt wooden pegs as it was pulled around in a circle on a barn's threshing floor. The small end of the thresher was attached to a pivot, and the horse pulled the large end. It was used by Dutch and German farmers in the Mohawk Valley west of Albany, New York.
Artifact
Threshing machine
Date Made
circa 1820
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
Object ID
00.3.16419
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant Material)
Dimensions
Height: 4 ft
Width: 4 ft
Length: 11 ft
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