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- Annual Circular of Baldwin, Dewitt & Co., Cleveland Agricultural Works Reaping and Mowing Machines, January 1857 -

- January 01, 1857
- Collections - Artifact
Annual Circular of Baldwin, Dewitt & Co., Cleveland Agricultural Works Reaping and Mowing Machines, January 1857
- Horse Power for Threshing Grain, 1954 -

- 1954
- Collections - Artifact
Horse Power for Threshing Grain, 1954
- Horse-Powered Threshing at Ford Homestead, circa 1930 - 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.

- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Horse-Powered Threshing at Ford Homestead, circa 1930
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.