A thresher is a piece of farm equipment that removes the seeds from the stalks and husks or crops such as wheat. It does so by beating the plant to make the seeds fall out. Before such machines were developed, threshing was done by hand. Another important piece of machinery prior to the combine was the thresher.
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Sepia photograph showing a haymaking scene, with loaded wagon, two horses, three men, three girls and their implements
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Keyword: Horse, Haymaking

Photographic print taken from a glass plate negative in the collection of men working a threshing machine driven by a steam engine
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Glass negative of three men haymaking with horse and cart
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Three horses and binder
Collection: John Attrill
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Geoffrey & Glen Draper with threshing machine
Collection: Geoff Phillips
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P.1986.2809 A black and white photograph of a steam engine driving a threshing machine beside straw stack
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Keyword: Hay, Thresher, Tractor, Manpower,

P.1986.2237.79 A sepia photograph showing good detail of a threshing machine, crew and steam engine
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Keyword: Hay, Thresher, Tractor, Manpower