EPISODE 881 HOW I FOUND ROBERT DOWNEY AND HIS THRESHING TEAM LABOUR DAY AT STEAM ERA 2023

alan skeoch

sept. 18 , 2023

STEAM  ERA — THE HUME FARM — LABOUR DAY 2023

The huge Sawyer Massey steam powered tractor was taking a long slow turn on the Hume

Farm near Milton.   A good chance to get a picture with a clearly rural background.  what I found

was more than expected.  

something was happening in the distance.,, a threshing team of four med a little boy

shoving cornstalks into a most peculiar machine…a McCormick Deerng corn harvester …ancient, rusty, confusing, mysterious.

The machine had been rescued and renovated by Robert  Downey,  a young inspired mechanic.   It was in full operation with no audience.

I did not know that until I got closer and talked with robert downey.  Nor did I know that the little boy would steal the show.