Threshing to the barn was made easier with the help of the modern steam engine.

Photo published in the Tavistock Gazette - October 11, 1978 - page 5 - http://www.tavistockhistory.ca/sites/default/files/images/IMG_6480.jpeg

See Fact & Fantasy pages 61-63 to see what Farming was like - http://www.tavistockhistory.ca/factandfantasy/agriculture.html