Talk:Threshing machine

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[edit] Old comments (2002 and 2005)

This article is seriously outdated, so much so that I'm not sure it's even useful for a modern encylopedia, unless it were rephrased as a historical note! -- April (2002)


If you want updated information on this topic, see: Combine harvester. The Threshing machine was the historical predecessor to the combine harvester, which began to replace threshing machines early in the 20th century. That's probably why it may seem outdated. Landroo 16:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)


I'm opposed to making wikipedia the meta-encyclopedia by including information just because it was in some old encyclopedia that happens to be in the public domain. MichaelTinkler (2002)

[edit] update please

this needs to really be updated i am a nerd and i want to learn -alex pacheco (2005)

[edit] Social impact of mechanization

The adoption of the threshing machine has become a classic argument in favor of automation. If laws had been passed in the 1830 is favor of farm laborers, and threshing machines had been outlawed, the cost of bread would have remained a very high percentage of a typical family's income for many years to come.

Landroo 19:56, 25 Jun 2006 (UTC)


[edit] cartoon

is there a talented wikiworker out there who can make a cartoon of a working thresher or combine? Sfsorrow2 22:14, 16 Aug 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Enough to feed a thresher" - ??

The following "Interesting Fact" was added today:

Operating the thresher was said to be exhausting work. When the threshers would come home they were known for consuming large amounts of food. This created a phrase, commonly used by midwestern Baby Boomers, "Enough to feed a Thresher."

I have found only one online reference, and that says "the thresher" rather than "a thresher" (Chapter 23 of "O! Pioneers"), suggesting that it is the machine rather than the workers which is 'hungry'. So, I am not convinced by the explanation, which anyway counts as Original Research if it can't be backed-up.

I know online references are not the final word, but I am suspicious that this assertion is erroneous, hence the 'fact' tag.

EdJogg 10:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into that. I have removed the explanation, given the lack of a citation and no improvement over the 5 months since you added this to the talk page. Kingdon 14:01, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sentence removed...

The following unsourced comment was added by an anon editor today:

It was neverwidely used by the average farmer. Only the farmers with alot of land and money had one. It took alot of labor to do.

I have removed it since (a) it does not make sense where it was placed in the article and (b) needs further work. However, it is probably a valid sentiment.

EdJogg 23:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)