FARMING

and AGRICULTURE
PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS


The Nichols and Wallace Threshing Run near New Canton around 1938
Photo from Carmen Megehee and some help from Tom Fox and Wordell Gray

Seated l-r, Dale Billings, Joe Main, John Gray, Merle Bower, Robbie Wallace, Richard Nichols (boy), Paul Nichols, Clarence Epperson, J. W. Epperson, unknown

Standing l-r, unknown, Edna Mae Gray, Gerald Gray, unknown, Lawrence Allensworth, unknown, Dallas Hall, Lonnie Allensworth, Frank Allensworth, unknown, Paul Allensworth, Otis Gray.

Tom says "the 10th one standing on the back row is "Blackie" Schmidt (who was Paul Nichols right hand man)".

(Notes from Chris) - The threshing run consisted of several families. It was an "association" or group or several farmers banding together to harvest the oats and wheat crops. One family would have a threshing machine and very other farmer in the group would come to the disignated farm on a certain day. The farmers wife would be in charge of feeding the tired and hungry crew. The other wives in the group would help as much and as often as they could.



FARM PLOWING PIKE CO 1969

L-R Hugh McNary, Michael McNary, Earl Fry, Virgil Megehe, John Swain, Dallas Hull,
Lyle Allensworth and Larry McNary. Garrill Allensworth took the picture.
These are the men who plowed government lay out ground for Oren Williams.
Photos and article from Carmen Megehe