Talk:Threshing machine

Latest comment: 2 years ago by 37.186.51.18 in topic My name is roy

Old comments (2002 and 2005)

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This article is seriously outdated, so much so that I'm not sure it's even useful for a modern encylopedia, unless it were rephrased as a historical note!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 That's probably why it may seem outdated.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)Reply


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)

Not everyone appreciates the value of history, but history defines what is today. Many lessons that could have been learned from the past were repeated out of ignorance of what happened before.Landroo (talk) 16:20, 12 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

update please

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



Social impact of mechanization

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This section was added because 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)

cartoon

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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)

"Enough to feed a thresher" - ??

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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)Reply

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)Reply

Sentence removed...

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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)Reply

threshing machine, or in modern spelling, threshing machine

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"threshing machine, or in modern spelling, threshing machine" It says this right at the top of the article. I've read both spellings about 20 times. Am I missing something?

Inadequte

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Yet another hippy-mentality English article that examines essentially only the history of the subject, and not the nuts and bolts of modern threshing machines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maelli (talkcontribs) 12:46, 19 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

My name is roy

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A 37.186.51.18 (talk) 09:13, 23 April 2022 (UTC)Reply