"Vibrator" Thresher
Nichols, Shepard & Company stresses the motto “The leading grain saving, time saving, money making thresher of the day” throughout their entire booklet advertising the “Vibrator.”
They carefully point out that the technology they have invented to separate the loosened grain from the chaff, a series of lifting fingers, is superior to the competing “Endless Apron,” because it saves more of the grain from the straw pile.
Its versatility is also lauded; not only is it the best for handling wheat, oats, barley, rye, and buckwheat, but according to the company, it is the only machine that successfully threshes and winnows the more difficult flax, timothy, and millet. |

Baker-Co., Cover of Nichols, Shepard & Co. Battle Creek, MI (8 5/8 x 5 ¾ in). Vibrator Threshers and Horse Powers. Chicago: Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co., 1876.
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