Reunion Report: The Butterfield Threshing Bee

By Staff
Published on March 1, 1968
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Tractor Row at the Butterfield Threshing Bee. Courtesy of Wayne R. Hanson, Mountain Lake, Minnesota
Tractor Row at the Butterfield Threshing Bee. Courtesy of Wayne R. Hanson, Mountain Lake, Minnesota
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Ed Lammers of Fulda, MN driving his beautifully resorted Avery inthe parade at Butterfield's First Annual Threshing Bee.Attendance was estimated between 12,000-15,000 people.
Ed Lammers of Fulda, MN driving his beautifully resorted Avery inthe parade at Butterfield's First Annual Threshing Bee.Attendance was estimated between 12,000-15,000 people.
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Harold Quiring driving my 8-16 Mogul followed by GeorgeSamuelson and my boy, Keith on my 18-36 Hart-Parr I restored lastwinter. Picture taken at Butterfield's First ThreshingBee.
Harold Quiring driving my 8-16 Mogul followed by GeorgeSamuelson and my boy, Keith on my 18-36 Hart-Parr I restored lastwinter. Picture taken at Butterfield's First ThreshingBee.
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Ole Lundberg's Kansas City Lightning at ButterfieldThreshing Bee.
Ole Lundberg's Kansas City Lightning at ButterfieldThreshing Bee.

The Butterfield Threshermen’s Association held their first
show August 20, 1967 on the village farm at Butterfield, Minnesota.
We had two steam engines, a ’65’ Case and a Model Case
Engine; and about 25 gas tractors.

We threshed six stacks of grain with three machines and also
threshed with a hand-fed threshing machine and a miniature Case
separator. Other activities included shingle cutting, spinning yarn
with a century old spinning wheel, and a model pioneer kitchen
complete with many antique household items. We also had about one
hundred gas engines running that were running at different times.
An outstanding display of antique cars was highlighted by a 1908
Buick owned by Stoesz Brothers of Butterfield and Mountain Lake,
Minnesota.

The parade at 2 P.M. was the biggest event of the day. The crowd
was estimated at between twelve and fifteen thousand people, so we
were very pleased with the turnout.

We are planning a bigger and better show for August 7th and 18th
of l968. We want to extend a cordial invitation to be with us next
year for our two day celebration.

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