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Ida Chamness writings on travel and religion, 1927-1938
1927-09-26 Page 74
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-74- legs of the carrier; which makes it appear as a load of hay on legs. The sight interested and amused me. Only I pittied the burden bearer. The women and girls also carry hay in this hard manner. The oats is also cut and tied to (several sheaves to each pole): rather tall poles, which are driven into the ground. After several days of drying the sheaves are taken down; and hauled to the barn: where they are threshed by a small threshing machine; invented and made by mother's Uncle, Thore. And used by he and grandpa. And now by my uncle Tobias. I think Uncle Thore had never seen a threshing machine when he made this one. It is run by water power from the falls which I have previously described. The "belt" consists of a large rope which runs thru several pullies attached to tall poles, as the barn is about two hundred and fifty feet from the falls. The threshing crowd includes the whole family (if able). If anything went wrong, how fast some one would run to
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-74- legs of the carrier; which makes it appear as a load of hay on legs. The sight interested and amused me. Only I pittied the burden bearer. The women and girls also carry hay in this hard manner. The oats is also cut and tied to (several sheaves to each pole): rather tall poles, which are driven into the ground. After several days of drying the sheaves are taken down; and hauled to the barn: where they are threshed by a small threshing machine; invented and made by mother's Uncle, Thore. And used by he and grandpa. And now by my uncle Tobias. I think Uncle Thore had never seen a threshing machine when he made this one. It is run by water power from the falls which I have previously described. The "belt" consists of a large rope which runs thru several pullies attached to tall poles, as the barn is about two hundred and fifty feet from the falls. The threshing crowd includes the whole family (if able). If anything went wrong, how fast some one would run to
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