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Mr. Oren Lee King is driving a thresher pulled by 26 horses and mules, in the 1914 or 1915 harvest. Mr. King was married to Agnes Mouren sister of Joseph Mouren.

Using a 60 catepillar, 1920 Harris wooden harvester in field, it had a 24 foot header. 2 men loading a 1935 Ford truck which carried 105 bags of barley weighing 100 pounds each.

Putting the sorghum (milo maze) wagons together in the Mouren warehouse yard.

The cooks shed have a smoke stack at the top, in front of the harvester is the water tank wagon. The cooks shed and water tank wagon would follow the harvester to the fields so the workers did not have to come all the way back into for lunch.

Harvester on the right with buggy wheels in front. The 75 tractor is one the left of the Mouren warehouse yard.

All of the buildings in the background burned down in 1919. On the right is the Mouren stables, behind equipment is a pool hall.

An old tractor is on the right.

In the warehouse yard there is the header to the harvester, carrier into the 'doghouse', elevator type of equipment i not part of the header.

The discarded equipment would be brought back to the warehouse yard to salvage. They would used the good parts to repair other equipment.

Bert Adado is in the cab of the 1935 Ford truck, Howard Mouren is on the 60 cat tractor. They would have to tow the Ford truck at times because of how sandy the field was.