| description: | Threshing Outfit, Broadview District. Probably The First Steam Engine In The Area. L.D. Sawyer Engine Predecessor Of The Sawyer & Massey. Note Two Bushel Baskets Near Team At Right Which Have Been Supplanted For Grain Handling By The "Fargo Bagger", A Short Elevator (The Box On The Side Of The Elevator) That Eliminated Th E Filling Of Bags By Hand From The Bushel Baskets. It Took A Crew Of 18 - 20 Men, Four On Straw Stack, Plus The Farmer To Gaul Grain All Grain Was Statcked In Those Days. Threshing Machines Were Scarce. Photo Courtesy Frank Dawson |