Context: Men with a horse - drawn wagon brought the shocks to the stationary threshing machine and somehow fed them into the machine . Every once in a while , the big belt would come off and everything had to be stopped while it was replaced . The man who owned the threshing machine brought with him a crew of workers to help with the harvest . There were also family and neighbors involved .
Question: Why were there so many people at the threshing process ?
Option 0: The people were there because they wanted to see what the process if about
Option 1: The people were there because they were trying to make some money helping out
Option 2: Threshing is usually done over a short period of time and requires many hands to be a successful and speedy endeavor
Option 3: None of the above choices .
Answer: 2