- Author
- Worner, William Frederic.
- Date of Publication
- 1930
An Early Threshing Machine in Lancaster
By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER
LATE in the summer of 1806, a threshing machine, invented in
Scotland, was erected at David Witmer's mill in Lancaster
county, Pa. The machine was capable of threshing 35 bushels
of oats in an hour, of threshing and cleaning 100