Below is a rough outline of the day. Not every topic will be covered to the same extent, this is intended to give you an understanding of what to expect for the day.
 

Threshing History - Learn the history of threshing from winnowing to modern combines.

• Flail/winnowing
• Horse powered
• Wood threshers
• Commercial/custom machine era
• Modern combines (what is the same and different)

Grain Preparation - Learn the How & Why around choosing different crops, growing them, and preparing them for threshing.

• Grain preparations
• Field conditions necessary to grow the crops
  • Sand, clay, gravel, etc.
  • Why grow rye here? Why grow oats, etc.
• Crop options
• Binding
  • Knotter
    • Location on the bundle
  • Adjustments
  • Canvases
  • Operation
• Shocking

Bundle Handling - The crop is ready, let's gather it, ready it, and store it!

• Shocking
• Loading
• Storage

The Threshing Machine - Dive in to the internal operations of a threshing machine. Learn the vocabulary, and all of the different parts of the thresher from front to back!

• Feeder
• Cylinder
• Beater
• Gain Pan
• Straw Walker
• Sieves
• Cleaning fan
• Weigher
• Blower

Threshing Machine Power - The history and the 'why' around different power sources for threshing.

• Steam power
• Steel wheel gas tractor
• Rubber tire tractor
• RPM/pulley size equation

Field Demonstration/Hands-on - Around the machine, getting set up, working directly with the machine.

• Setting Machine Up
  • Location
  • Direction facing
  • Leveling
  • Fold Out
  • Lubrication
    • Grease types
    • Oil types
    • How often?
  • Inspection
    • What are you looking for on the inspection?
• Belting Up
  • Belting material, size, ply
  • Install Machine belts/direction & geometry
  • Length of drive belt
     
• Clean Grain
  • Wagons
• Safety
  • Fire prevention
  • Minding belts
• Mechanical “things to watch for”