| Description |
Nora
Reinhold drove the grain binder while her husband, Carl Oscar, shocked the
grain. Nora and her son, Carl Oliver, also helped shock grain. Shocking
was done by hand. A person shocked five rows of grain at a time, starting
with the middle row. All grain bundles on the two outside rows had to be
hand carried to the middle row. The grain shock was made on the middle
row. One man could shock about 2 to 4 acres of grain per day. Once
shocked, the grain took about two weeks to cure. Once cured, it was ready
for threshing. |
