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Harvest time

Harvest time

The Francoli Family farmed in Brown County. During harvest time many farmers, including the Francoli’s, hired neighbors or other farm laborers to round out the threshing crew. In this photo a Farmall tractor is pulling a cookhouse or bunk house on wheels. The threshing crew of 1939 was made up of (left hand side front row) Lettee Saft, William Francoli, Ervin Jefferies, four unidentified men, Bud Jefferies, Tony Francoli and Prima Francoli. In the back row (l to r) are Edward Francoli, unknown, John Murray, John Osborn, Henry Francoli, man in center with bib overalls is Gabe Francoli and the other man is unidentified. Several of crew came each summer to work in the harvest fields.