THRESHING 



hard, tedious labor. Eight to ten bushels is 

 considered a good day's work. It is used only in 

 places remote from trade routes, where fields are 

 small and civilization is not very complex. 



FIG. 40. The threshing floor. 



The Threshing Floor. - The simplest form of 

 power threshing is where the wheat is spread over 

 the hard ground or upon a board or stone floor 



