Harvesting grain in Essex County

Three horses pulling a grain binder, used to cut and bind grains (oats in this case) into bundles, which were then “stooked or shocked” (placed together in small piles) to dry in the field before being threshed to separate grain from chaff. Circa 1930s or 1940s. Essex County in NYS.

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