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Threshing roller

Threshing roller. First half of the 19th century. Size: 130 x 95 x 107 cm. Museum of Rural Life.

 

Threshing roller. First half of the 19th century. Size: 130 x 95 x 107 cm. Museum of Rural Life.

 

An iron structure with four concrete wheels interspersed with knives to cut the straw once it has been crushed by the stone. A mechanism activated two forks to half-turn the straw leaving the grain below. It was pulled from the front by a beast of burden.

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