Archery demonstration at WDM's harvest exhibition, "PionEra".

Harvesting demonstration - threshing (with horses)

The Saskatchewan Bulletin, Sept. 27, 1989, p. 1; "Jamie Mason, from Clavet school, checks out the reaper she and other Grade 4 students from Saskatchewan Valley and Saskatoon East school divisions had just seen in a harvesting demonstration at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon, Sept. 20."

Harvesting demonstration - binding and loading sheaves

A member of the museum staff shows two young Osler students a rolling pin, during an imaginary ca. 1910 Christmas shopping spree at the WDM's Boomtown stores.

An Osler student in red plaid shirt, jeans, and railwayman's cap admires a woven wheat straw ornament on the WDM Christmas tree.

The Saskatchewan Bulletin, Dec. 14, 1984, front cover; "Linda Ens, a Grade 3 student at Osler school, admires a hand-made straw ornament on the 1910 style Christmas tree at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon."

The Saskatchewan Bulletin, June 11, 1976, pp. 10-11; "The actual separation [of grain from straw] occurs when the wind is allowed to carry away the lighter straw, while the kernels fall to the ground."

The Saskatchewan Bulletin, June 11, 1976, p. 11; "The sheaves, having been processed by the machine, emerge from the threshing machine in two parts: the chaff, or bits of straw, is blown into the air to gather on the ground?"

The Saskatchewan Bulletin, June 11, 1976, p. 11; "Right, from the rack, the sheaves are pitched onto the "feeder" of the threshing machine which will separate the kernels from the straw. The threshing machine is operated by a belt attached to a steam or gas engine which has been rendered stationary so its energy can turn the belt."

The Saskatchewan Bulletin, June 11, 1976, p. 11; "The sheaves, having been processed by the machine, emerge from the threshing machine in two parts? the kernels are collected in a wagon in which they will be transported to a storage bin."

The Saskatchewan Bulletin, June 11, 1976, p. 11; "Above left, one of the volunteers demonstrates how to form sheaves into a stook so that they can dry properly."

The Saskatchewan Bulletin, June 11, 1976, p. 10; "A Reeves 3210 steam tractor dating about 1908 powered a Case separator with a 40 inch cylinder."

The Saskatchewan Bulletin, June 11, 1976, p. 10; "One man holds up a sheaf of oats while the other demonstrates the method of cutting standing grain with a sickle, one of the oldest implements used for that purpose."

WDM and Thresherman's club harvest demonstration -children play in the straw and chaff left over from threshing.