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- Portable Combined Thresher-Separator, circa 1870 - Thresher-separators threshed the harvested grain, removing the grain and chaff (waste) from the straw, and then winnowed the chaff from the grain, all in a continuous flow. These implements greatly reduced the time required for harvest, increasing yields, while reducing the labor costs. This machine incorporates several Westinghouse-patented improvements to the separator.
- circa 1870
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Portable Combined Thresher-Separator, circa 1870
Thresher-separators threshed the harvested grain, removing the grain and chaff (waste) from the straw, and then winnowed the chaff from the grain, all in a continuous flow. These implements greatly reduced the time required for harvest, increasing yields, while reducing the labor costs. This machine incorporates several Westinghouse-patented improvements to the separator.