I THRESHED WITH APRON or great belt separator (as it was called)
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September/October 1963
Rudolph Novotny
I started to work at this machine about 1905, cutting bands
first. As time went on I was allowed to work on the straw pile and
going higher and higher until I got to the front feeding the
machine and tending horses on the Horse Power. In 1912, 1913, 1914
I tended separators for two different operators.
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In 1916 my brothers Jaroslav, Frank Charles and I bought a
13-horse cross compound Reeves Engine and 2850 J. I. Case
separator. Then in 1929 we bought a 16-horse Reeves double simple
which we operated until 1941. Because of shortage of water and help
we bought a 22-36 McCormick Deering tractor and threshed until 1958
when the combines took over.
The McCormick binder on my place which my father bought in 1893,
was used 65 years and is still in good running order. In 1958 it
dropped only two untied bundles the last half day. It will be 70
years old in June 1963. Three horses were used to pull this binder.
Later tractor was used. This binder was used for all these years on
this 240 acres farm and did a lot of heavy cutting.
I will not describe other old implements on this place this time
until some later date. We took good care of these implements for
many years and treasure them very highly.
The Novotny family, as pioneers, did their work well. Let us
live their Faith. They brought along with them to the new land the
Bible.
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