Doubling machine for winding thread into as many ply as desired. Silk industry (reeled silk throwing), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Winding thread from skeins on to bobbins. Silk industry (reeled silk throwing), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Men in an unidentified mill showing belt driven equipment.

Men in an unidentified mill showing belt driven equipment.

Bags of wheat and piles of straw from a steam harvester, California, U.S.A.

A steam harvester at work cutting a 25 foot swath, California, U.S.A.

Twenty-six horse combined harvester cutting barley, Sacramento Valley, Cal.

Combined reaper and thrasher, San Joaquin Valley, Cal., U.S.A.

Combined reaper and thrasher, San Joaquin Valley, Cal., U.S.A.

Combined reaper and thrasher, San Joaquin Valley, Cal., U.S.A.

A combined steam harvester which heaps, thrashes and sacks, Calif., U.S.A.