Harvesting Thatching Straw

Harvesting being done traditionally, using a binder. The wheat is cut whilst still a bit 'green', to retain the strength in the straw.

Here are four short video clips of a binder in operation. Click on each frame to view.

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The resulting sheaves are stooked (shocked) up & left for 2-3 weeks to ripen. They are then carted in & made into a corn stack.

The stack is then threshed (thrashed) out at a convenient later date, in order to separate the grain from the straw.

Here are two short video clips of a threshing drum in operation. Click on each frame to view.

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