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John Waelti: Revisiting a farming tradition long gone
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Labor-saving agricultural technology makes physical work easier on the farm. But it leaves behind time-honored traditions, permanently changing the sociology of farm life. A prime example is the invention of the combine, the word itself a verb changed into a noun representing a machine that combines the operations of cutting and threshing grain.