Old equipment comes to life in their hands
By Gwen Chamberlain
Howard Leach and a helper feed wheat into a 1921 thrasher. He will sell the grain and his father will use the straw on his farm.
The Chronicle-Express
Tue Sep 08, 2009, 03:26 PM EDT
Benton, N.Y. -
Members of the Yates Antique Tractor and Engine Society (Y.A.T.E.S.) held their annual show on Sept. 3 and 4 in Benton.
A field hidden in the woods off Route 14A resounded with the rhythmic pops of hit and miss engines that had been used to power agricultural equimpment from the early 1900s on, as hulking thrashing machines separated the wheat from chaff.
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