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- Small Animal Tread Power, circa 1898 - As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. Some invested in animal treadmills, which used the same "endless belt" concept as modern exercise treadmills to convert animals' movement into power for a range of agricultural machinery. This version, designed for dogs, goats, or sheep, could run small machines like butter churns or cream separators.
- circa 1898
- Collections - Artifact
Small Animal Tread Power, circa 1898
As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. Some invested in animal treadmills, which used the same "endless belt" concept as modern exercise treadmills to convert animals' movement into power for a range of agricultural machinery. This version, designed for dogs, goats, or sheep, could run small machines like butter churns or cream separators.
- Threshing at the Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1936 -
- November 13, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Threshing at the Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1936
- Threshing at the Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1936 -
- November 13, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Threshing at the Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1936
- Small Animal Tread Power, circa 1885 -
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Small Animal Tread Power, circa 1885