A Note From Cottonwood Corners

A Note From Cottonwood Corners

The final step in harvesting the grain was threshing. This was the busiest time of the year on the farm. Someone in the neighb orhood who owned a threshing machine would hire a crew of men and go from farm to farm to thresh. Often the threshing crew was made up of family and neighbors. The crew might be made up of from 10 to 30 men. Each farm’s threshing usually took two to four days if the weather was good.