| Show Ir farmers prefer old threshing machine ROCHESTER MINN modem machinery in the form ot of the beav ily puffing steady powered steam threshing rigs ot of today holds no lure for or a group ot of progressive farmers in this rich farming community instead they prefer to stick to a 31 year old steam thresher which they insist will stack up tor 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 f 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 ch chairman ir has been a member of the group for 30 years |