Thursday, July 17, 2014

Threshing Wheat the 1890s Way At Slate Run Farm


Columbus Metroparks' Slate Run Farm is running its horse-powered, mechanical thresher this Saturday, from 9-4. My family and I stopped by on Tuesday afternoon to find the farm workers tinkering with the 100-year old machine, which uses drive shafts from a capstan pulled by horses for power.





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