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 ?
Answer: The people were there because they wanted to see what the process if aboutThe people were there because they were trying to make some money helping outThreshing is usually done over a short period of time and requires many hands to be a successful and speedy endeavorNone of the above choices .