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Moving Balthasar Gschwendtner's. Threshing Outfit with a Case Steam Tractor and separator1912
Near Mirror, Alberta
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Moving Mr. Balthaser Gschwendtner's threshing outfit in the early 1920's.Note the Case steam engine and separator.
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Art Gardener's Threshing Outfit1920
Near Mirror, Alberta
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Art Gardener's threshing outfit at Clarke Minnick's farm. His was one of the first steam threshing outfits in the Rutherford district.This photo is circa 1920.
Left to Right are:
Unknown, John MacNeill, Henry Sayers, Art Gardender, Clark Minnick, Billy Watt, Unknown, Big Bill, Fred Allison (in the white shirt), Ceph Harris, Clarence Holder, and Wallace McMillan.
On the engine are Will Ferguson (above) and Evan MacNeill. Billy Arton is on the tanker.
In front are two of Clark Minnick's children. Our records say they are Blanche and Clara, however the smaller one is more likely the youngest, Walter.
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Charles Fricke Threshing with George Stevenson1930
Near Mirror, Alberta
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Charlie Fricks is threshing here with George Stevenson.They are forking grain into the thresher from a wagon. The straw is blowing out the stack onto a straw pile.
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The First Steam Tractor in the area. Bill Cook used it on his Threshing Outfit.1900
Near Mirror, Alberta
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Bill Cook's Threshing Outfit posing for a photo.Note how tall the Rumley or Hart Parr tractor is, towering over the men.
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Axel Westling Stook Threshing1915
Near Mirror, Alberta
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A look at Axel Westling's threshing outfit, stook threshing with a steam engine (far left) powering the thresher (far right).24
Threshing Scene at Buelow's old home1904
Palouse Hills, SW of Spokane, Washington, USA
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This is a full threshing scene of the Buelow family working together on their farm, in Spokane, prior to moving to Alberta in 1905.It shows the complexity and teamwork required by farmers during the threshing process.
You can see that this older style thresher only separated the grain from the straw, then the straw had to be hand bundled and manually carried away. The grain went into sacks, which you can see stacked close to the thresher.
Out front, in the middle of the photo, on the wagon, is grandpa Buelow, sewing more sacks to fill with grain, and off to their right is the steam engine, blowing a huge plume of steam into the air. Further right is the water wagon.
To learn more about the Buelow's who were one of the early families to our area, see their story in section two.
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