Wheat Thresher - near Wellsville, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 39° 02.905 W 091° 32.895
15S E 625626 N 4323152
May be an International Harvester, but no name or plate on it. This one painted PINK so you just can not miss it.
Waymark Code: WM164EV
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2022
Views: 2
County of display: Montgomery County
Location of display: MO-19 & Sommer Rd., between Montgomery City and Wellsville
"Grain threshers were among the earliest of the agricultural
implements to be developed. The flail was a laborious tool and the
time required to separate the grain from the straw was too long to
satisfy the average farmer. Most of the early threshers had their
inception right on the farm. Manufacturers took of the ideas worked
out by the farmers and developed them into practical working
machines.
"The first type of thresher was what was known as the ‘ground
hog’. It consisted merely of a drum with some spikes driven
into it which coordinated with a makeshift concave. Grain, chaff
and straw came from the machine as a body to be later separated by
winnowing. A later improvement consisted of an open shaker through
which grain fell onto a canvas and the straw passed on to the end
of the shaker to be forked away. The grain had to be subjected to a
further winnowing in order to separate the chaff and short
straws.
"The development in threshing machines was very slow for many
years because of the lack of suitable power with which to operate
them. Every improvement took more power so that the improvements
were limited to the power which could be provided. The sweep
horsepower was a decided improvement over the tread power but it
was not until the steam traction engine was developed that the real
development in threshers began.
"As an indication of the early development of threshing machines,
here are the dates of the beginning of some of the more important
threshing machine concerns. Many of them have now passed out of
existence or have been merged with other companies." ~ Farm Collector