August Heiden (left) purchased a piece of equipment for harvesting wheat or oats. At that time, it would have been pulled behind a couple of horses with the farmer walking along side. Other workers would take the grain still on the stems and stack in the filed to be run through a thrashing machine later. This purchase took place in November of 1901 and was probably used on August's home farm at 8700 South Custer Road. In 2025 dollars, this equipment would cost around $3,000.