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- Threshing at the Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1936 -
- November 13, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Threshing at the Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1936
- Gray's Latest Improved Horse Powers Threshing Machines and Wood Sawing Machines, 1891 - As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. These included devices such as treadmills that converted the movement of animals to drive a variety of agricultural machines. Enterprising manufacturers, like Vermont-based A.W. Gray's Sons, specialized in producing and selling these devices and the machines they were designed to power.
- 1891
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Gray's Latest Improved Horse Powers Threshing Machines and Wood Sawing Machines, 1891
As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. These included devices such as treadmills that converted the movement of animals to drive a variety of agricultural machines. Enterprising manufacturers, like Vermont-based A.W. Gray's Sons, specialized in producing and selling these devices and the machines they were designed to power.
- Horse-Powered Machine Used to Run Separator at the Ford Homestead Barn, 1924 - As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. Some invested in "sweeps," which converted energy generated by horses walking in a circle into power to operate large machines like grain threshers or separators. Sweep operators hauled these devices on specially designed wagons from farm to farm during threshing season.
- October 07, 1924
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Horse-Powered Machine Used to Run Separator at the Ford Homestead Barn, 1924
As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. Some invested in "sweeps," which converted energy generated by horses walking in a circle into power to operate large machines like grain threshers or separators. Sweep operators hauled these devices on specially designed wagons from farm to farm during threshing season.
- Threshing at the Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1936 -
- November 13, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Threshing at the Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1936
- A.B. Farquhar Trade Catalog, "Pennsylvania Agricultural Works," 1886 - As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. These included portable steam engines and devices that converted animals' movement to drive a variety of agricultural machines. Enterprising manufacturers, like Pennsylvania-based A.B. Farquhar Co., specialized in producing and selling both power sources and the machines they were designed to run.
- 1886
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A.B. Farquhar Trade Catalog, "Pennsylvania Agricultural Works," 1886
As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. These included portable steam engines and devices that converted animals' movement to drive a variety of agricultural machines. Enterprising manufacturers, like Pennsylvania-based A.B. Farquhar Co., specialized in producing and selling both power sources and the machines they were designed to run.
- Demonstration of Horsepower Threshing at the Michigan State Fair, September 10, 1936 -
- September 10, 1936
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Demonstration of Horsepower Threshing at the Michigan State Fair, September 10, 1936
- Catalogue of Gray's Horse Power Machines for Grain Threshing and Wood Sawing, 1898 - As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. These included devices such as treadmills that converted the movement of animals to drive a variety of agricultural machines. Enterprising manufacturers, like Vermont-based A.W. Gray's Sons, specialized in producing and selling these devices and the machines they were designed to power.
- 1898
- Collections - Artifact
Catalogue of Gray's Horse Power Machines for Grain Threshing and Wood Sawing, 1898
As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. These included devices such as treadmills that converted the movement of animals to drive a variety of agricultural machines. Enterprising manufacturers, like Vermont-based A.W. Gray's Sons, specialized in producing and selling these devices and the machines they were designed to power.
- 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
- Threshing at the Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1936 -
- November 13, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Threshing at the Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1936