• Flailing the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff was demonstrated,
  followed by...
• ...tossing the separated grain and chaff for further breeze-assisted separation
• Hand tying straw bales was demonstrated before powered methods were demonstrated
• Straw was tied together with straw
• The finished stack
• The hand powered fanning mill was also demonstrated
• Guiding the mules onto the treadmill
• The mule powered treadmill powered the Schlabach separator
• Feeding the grain into the mule powered R. T. Schlabach
  separator made in Nazareth, PA circa 1880
• Operating the mule powered Schlabach separator takes a large crew
• Another view of the mule powered separator
• The two treadmill mules head home after the demonstrations
• The sweep powered thresher at work
• The four horse sweep powering the thresher was a crowd favorite
• Sweeps were a major source of stationary power for decades
• The sweep powered thresher fed straw to the wagon for later baling
• Guiding the horses in the sweep
• Feeding the sweep powered thresher
• This reaper was on display in the horse powered threshing demo area
• Two of the four thresher sweep horses were used
  for the jump press sweep as well
• The two horse sweep powered the Jump Press
• Tossing straw up to the jump press
• Jumping on the straw as its loaded into the jump press.
  Note the man and boy IN the press.
• The bale is weighed
• It takes a large crew to feed and operate the thresher and baling machines
• Feeding the thresher with its complex interconnected belts and pulleys
• The thresher's maze of pulleys and belts
• Feeding excess straw into the baler
• Operating the baler that is fed directly from the thresher
• A 2002 Feature Tractor Allis Chalmers was one of the power
  sources for the threshing demo
• A young man bides his time while his father's engine powers the thresher

• Butch Biesecker on his Keck Gonnerman heads into the track during the parade
• The Emerson Brantingham heads to the parade grounds
• Family and friends head to the parade on a Frick
• A small Case waits for the line to move on
• A Peerless with the fringe on top
• The Westinghouse with vertical boiler waits in line
• Clyde Burkholder's 12 ton Austin Roller heads to the parade
• A massive Mogul follows in line
• Paul Stolsfus' very rare 1912 15/25 Fairbanks Morse is always hard to start
• Paul's Fairbanks Morse is finally started with the help of a small Rumely
• Dudley Diebold's 1912 Rumely 30/60 E is pointed in the right direction
• The Stoltzfoos family heads to the parade on their Rumely.
  Their dog Queenie looks quite at home.
• Another Rumely family, the Stolzfus family on their 1915 Model F 15-30
• Yet another Rumely family, the Jacobs' 1922 20-40 with kids on board
• The Sandwich baler heads to the parade
• Louie Pokrywka's 1919 Rumely Model H 15-30 heads to the parade
• A John Deere "B" in line to parade with a two-bottom plow
• Bob Ragan waits patiently on his 1930 John Deere GP
• As you can see, Bob's Model GP was for sale
• Two of the Kauffman's Massey Harris tractors wait their turn in the limelight
• One of Phares Stauffer's many John Deere tractors,
  this 1930 Model BO waits its turn in the parade
  with some Stauffers in control
• An Allis Chalmers model D19 on the parade track
• The huge articulated Allis Chalmers 4W-305 was one of the
  largest gas engine tractors ever seen at Rough and Tumble
• Marlin Brubaker on his 6 HP 1950 Allis-Hybred Model "WD"
• Josh Nace relaxes on the Caterpillar Model 20
• Stan Wolf's very rare 1940 AC Model 40 self-propelled combine was a big hit
• "Youngsters" of all ages paraded on their garden tractors
• This Allis Chalmers came right from the field to the parade
• One of many father-son combos parading on their Allis Chalmers
• Ed Funck (sp?) on his immaculate 1936 Allis Chalmers VC Hi Crop
• A fully equipped 1946 Allis Chalmers Model C struts its stuff
• The Brubaker's massive 1966 Allis Chalmers Model D21
• This young lady is enjoying her time in the sun on the
  1954 Allis Chalmers Model WD
• Nevin Brubaker has a great view from the 1942 Ford 2N "on stilts"
• Everybody wants to ride on dad's John Deere Model 50
• Nothing beats driving dad's 1940 Farmall Model B in the parade
• Nevin Burkholder parades on his home-built Ford track conversion
• John Stauffer's Deutz F4L-514 leads Bob Ragan's
  1930 John Deere GP down the parade track
• David Hamm got the crowd's attention with his 1940 General
  powered by 6 Briggs & Stratton engines

• Many contestents lined up for the small tractor games
• One of the garden tractor slow races gets underway.
  Last one to the finish lines without stalling wins.
• Dave McKee on his home-built IH hit and miss powered
  tractor (left) sets off for another slow race
• Another slow race among small tractors gets under way
• Dave McKee trying to nurse his machine along as slow as possible.
  Slipping the clutch or dragging the brakes were among
  the techniques to slow down.
• Drivers sprint to their engines for the next race.
• Drivers mount their steeds in a cloud of dust
• In this race, drivers had to hand crank their engines
  before taking off for the finish line.
• Yes, those are grown men trying to balance eggs on spoons
  while racing their garden tractors
• This is what a spoon race looks like before the
  careful "sprint" to their tractors
• The International 756 Hi Crop was able to run unbelievably slow.
  Nobody could come close to it in the slow races.
  Harvey Bashore on the John Deere AR could only laugh.
• It looks like the Porsche is winning the slow race,
  but the IH 756's is still out of the picture to the left
• Look carefully and you'll see these guys trying not to disturb
  the egg on a spoon in their mouths
• Walter Wilson on his Oliver Super 88 has mastered the barrel roll event
• This barrel is headed in the wrong direction.
• A beautiful old McCormick Deering heads to the finish line
• The pros really stepped to the head of the class when it
  came to parking a wagon between barrels
• It took guts to try this event if you had little experience
  backing a wagon
• Harry Wilson on his OC-6 obviously has done this many times
• This Farmall 560 made good time pushing the barrel
• Harvey Bashore's experience in the barrel race shows

• Bruce Farmer weighs in for the tractor pull with his 1953 Farmall Super MTA
• At weigh-in, you also have to pass the hitch height test.
  Notice the inside and outside wheel weights on Bruce's Farmall.
• Phares Stauffer on his unstyled John Deere A tugs on the sled
• Dick Zimmerman tries his hand pulling with his 1939 Allis Chalmers Model WC
• This Farmall Super C did very well in the pull
• The Cockshutt Model 30 takes off with the sled
• This lady had not intention of stopping before the finish line
  on her Oliver Super 77
• ...And she didn't!
• Irvin Martin's son is having fun pulling with the 1959
  John Deere Model 430
• Lavern Rutt's 1957 John Deere Model 420 heads down the track
• This AC Model WD 45 is moving right along at the start of the pull
• When he stalled at the end of his pull, it was hand crank time
  for Dave Yearsley on his 1946 John Deere Model B
• Mike Hess tries his best on his 1945 John Deere Model A
• Both the driver and sled crew look pretty relaxed on this pull
• This Farmall H flexes its rear tires as it reaches for
  every possible foot of track
• Wheels up for this John Deere Model B. The tractor pull was reversed
  for the heavier classes who had to pull eastbound.
• This Oliver Super 88 is motoring right along, sled and all

• For the pedal pull, the kids had a real miniature pulling sled
  with moving weight
• This Baltimore Orioles fan isn't even straining yet
• With the pedals slowed down at "top dead center", this young lady is done.
• Sometimes a determined look gets you a few more inches.
  Don't bite your tongue!
• This young lady listens to encouraging words from her family
• This young man looks pretty relaxed, and he's moving right along
• She's not going to give up until she reaches the finish line.
• If we were judging on expression rather than distance,
  this young lady would be a front runner,
• This young man is trying to run over the photographer.
• That finish line is looking pretty far off for this fellow.
• This young man is also in the running for a winning expression
• He's almost there, but those pedals are getting very hard to push
• This year's pedal pull featured a beautiful awards girl
  who delivered a ribbon to each participant at the end of their pull
• Having sat on the yellow John Deere,
  the "ribbon girl" tries out the International

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