27

Livingstone and Ball, Avonlea, Sask, Threshing 1912
1912
A field near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada

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The cook car in the field, complete with cook in the doorway, and threshing crew posing for a harvest picture.

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Threshing at Livingston's 1926
1926
A field near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada

30

Two Teams of Horses Pulling Grain Wagons
1912
A farm near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Teams of horses pulled wagon loads of grain from the threshing machine to the wooden granary where it was stored. After harvest, the grain was shoveled into wagons again and hauled to the nearest elevator to be sold.

32

Jack Livingston's Grain Teams
1912
A field near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Livingston Grain Teams
1914
A farm near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada

34

Threshing
1920
A field near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Threshing into a Truck
1930
A field near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada

36

Eventually, horses were replaced by gasoline powered trucks.

37

Mr. and Mrs. Rice burning the straw pile
1910
A field near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada

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After the harvest, and after enough straw had been collected and stored to provide bedding for the animals over the winter, the straw piles were burned. This got rid of the pile so the land below could be sown again the following year.

39

Rice's Burning Straw Pile
1910
A field near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada

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A Meal in the Field
1940
A field near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada