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Bountiful Yield

University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives tips our sun hat to farmers throughout the Palouse who are in the process of harvesting their wheat crop. Today’s modern combines use a different type of horsepower than the horse-drawn threshing machine seen in this photo from 1893.

horse-drawn threshing machine
horse-drawn threshing machine

One farmer near Garfield, Washington used a self-propelling combine in 1905.

horse-drawn threshing machine
horse-drawn threshing machine

The summer 2018 crop could produce record numbers in yield per acre for Palouse area farmers.

Sources

PG 90-06-022, Latah County Community Heritage Collection digital site

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