Every year since 1970, we’ve invited guests to help us bring in the harvest using methods from centuries past. A key part of the harvest was threshing, or separating seeds from stalks.

Schedule Of Events

All Day : 1850 Pioneer Farm: Try threshing by hand with an old-fashioned flail.
10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m : 1900 Farm, Watch demonstrations of a gasoline-powered thresher.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m: Walnut Hill, Enjoy a display of tractors from the Za-Ga-Zig Shriners Antique Tractor Club.

Date : July 26, 2025

Time : 9:00am to 4:00pm

Location :

Living History Farms, 

11121 Hickman Road

Urbandale, IA 50322

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