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Boerenbondsmuseum Gemert
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Separating the wheat from the chaff

Come to the threshing day at the Boerenbondsmuseum on 12 October and discover how grain was threshed before the advent of threshing machines. A lively demonstration of the hard work and conviviality of the past!

  •   12 october
  •   13:00u tot 17:00u
  •   Regular entrance fees
  •   Children are also allowed to thresh grain.

In August, the corn was removed from the field and laid out to dry on the mite. And on Sunday, October 12, this corn will be threshed in the field and on the threshing heap. The farmers had to work hard to earn an honest living. But to bake that sandwich, grain is needed, which used to be beaten out of the ears with a flail after the harvest. That’s threshing.

Threshing is the …

Separating the wheat from the chaff

Come to the threshing day at the Boerenbondsmuseum on 12 October and discover how grain was threshed before the advent of threshing machines. A lively demonstration of the hard work and conviviality of the past!

  •   12 october
  •   13:00u tot 17:00u
  •   Regular entrance fees
  •   Children are also allowed to thresh grain.

In August, the corn was removed from the field and laid out to dry on the mite. And on Sunday, October 12, this corn will be threshed in the field and on the threshing heap. The farmers had to work hard to earn an honest living. But to bake that sandwich, grain is needed, which used to be beaten out of the ears with a flail after the harvest. That’s threshing.

Threshing is the process of removing the grain from the ripe ear. Cozy, men among themselves, in a nice rhythm handling the flail alternately. During the threshing day in the Boerenbondsmuseum, volunteers regularly demonstrate manual threshing for the visitors.

It was not until the course of the 20th century that threshing machines were introduced.

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  • Sunday the 12th of october 2025 from 13:00 to 17:00

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