Posted for Alan Belson:
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Wrong again, sidelined by modern technology! I thought the horse had to work, as in a treadmill. Here's a heavy horse, ( a Percheron ), operating a one horsepower(!) treadmill. It's powering an integral thresher to separate wheat grain from the straw. Late 19th C..
Man at left feeding the sheafs, man at horse's head with the brake, owner at right handling the power.
Pic taken last weekend.

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