On a warm July evening at the Nevin Rice farm just outside of Blain, more than 50 townsfolk gathered to witness what was advertised as a prelude to a thrashing. No, it wasn’t the anticipated outcome ...

Variable speed belt drive sheaves are common on combines. At their simplest, a pair of sheaves at one end of a belt moves closer together or farther apart. Another pair of sheaves at the other end of ...

It always looked idyllic to the city dweller, the sight of shocks of golden grain dotting the fields of late summer Wisconsin of fifty years ago. These shocks were short lived; they represented one ...