Show farmers prefer old threshing machine ROCHESTER MINN modem machinery in the form of the beav lly fly puffing steady powered steam threshing rigs of today holds no lure tor for a group of progressive farmers in this rich farming corn com instead they prefer to stick to a 31 year old steam thresher which they insist will stack up for speed and performance against any of the present day models christopher groen engineer who has worked on the rig for 10 years says the hazards which largely brought about new methods of threshing do not exist when you stay on the job and tend to your business the old time outfit is owned by a cooperative unit organized 31 years ago W C dickinson present chair man has been a member of the group for 30 years |