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Summach Bros Threshing Outfit Asquith Sask 1925
as identified by Harvey Summach
Left to right from car – 1917 Dodge (A. Summach’s)
o Evelyn Adams
o Mrs. Joe McComb
o Mrs. August (Minnie) Summach – holding Ray
o Grandma Summach – (Mother of Will, August and Fred) holding child [probably Della Summach who was the same age as Olive]
o Mrs. Fred (Esther) Summach and Olive (1922)
o Mac Summach
o Eldon Summach – 1936, Dec. 26 deceased.
o Merton McComb
o August Summach (holding Maureen on right side of separator (Threshing Machine))
o Sam Krieger (on steamer, standing, fireman)
o Fred Summach (on wheel with Kenneth)
o Jim Nicol (on straw rack behind steamer – fired with straw – Sam Krieger was fireman)
o John Lovestrom (Paddockwood, Saskatchewan)
o John’s brother Saxon was on one of the stock wagins (sic) [stook wagons]
Crew consisted of:
o 11-12 racks (wagons)
o 2 field pitchers (helped load stooks)
o 2 spike pitchers (helped unload sheaves into threshing machine)
o 3 men pitched sheaves
Spike pitchers would alternate loads going into threshing machine (with a good crop, capable of
threshing 2,500-3,000 bushels of wheat per day) 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. – 1 hour noon and 2 lunches
(one at 9:30 a.m. and one at 4:14 p.m.)
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