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Harvest Tales

Northwest Kansas

Thomas County

Harvest stories submitted by Kansans for the online exhibit, Wheat People.
Submit your own at KansasMuseum@kshs.org.

Robert Vawter

Threshing Photographs

Roberta Meek submitted these harvest photos of the threshing operation of her father, Robert Harrison Vawter.

 

Threshing scene.


A tractor-operated threshing machine blows straw into a stack. Many farmers used this straw as bedding for livestock throughout the winter.

Pitching bundles


Crew members pitch bundles of wheat into a threshing machine, which separates the grain from the straw.

Straw blower


A threshing machine blows straw into a stack.

Tractor hauling load of bundled wheat.


A tractor pulls a load of bundled wheat from the field to the threshing machine.

Grain truck at threshing machine.


Wheat pours into a grain truck for hauling to an elevator.

"Harvest Tales" is part of the online exhibit, Wheat People:  Celebrating Kansas Harvest.