Scott Fry of Romulus, Mich., left, and Tom Deverna of Lambertville toss shocks of wheat. At lower right, John Tyler of Fostoria is ready to pick up any shocks that fall at the 56th annual reunion of the Five Point Steam Threshers.
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Ben Jones, left, steers while his brother Luke, 13, both of Wood County’s Haskins, move a Nichols & Shepard Co. engine after it was used in a wheat harvest demonstration.
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Drew Henry of Perrysburg operates a Case tractor while pulling a plow.
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Denney Kerns, left, and Harold Dull, both of Van Wert County, watch as men try to plow by pulling a plowshare. "They don't know what they are doing. They're just driving tractors around," Kerns said.
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Many watch the threshing as Christopher Dauer of Perrysburg operates an engine for threshing wheat.
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A 1924 Ford truck, left, a Chevrolet Power Glide, and a 1950 Cadillac seen through the wheel of a John Deere tractor.
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A 1924 Ford truck, left, a Chevrolet Power Glide, and a 1950 Cadillac seen through the wheel of a John Deere tractor.
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Arthur Ambruster, who lives outside of Grand Rapids, Ohio, watches men plowing an old fashioned way. "They're doing alright," says Armbruster, who still lives on his farm. "With changes in technology, and a change to no-till or minimum till, you don't see this much anymore."
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Wheat is threshed at the event.
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Men plow an old fashion way, controlling the tractor while also handling the plow. Harold Dull of Van Wert County said, "I think my dad would have slapped me silly if I'd been plowing like this. But hey, it's fun to watch."
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