Five men have been busy loading a straw bundle wagon and are taking a break. The straw bundles will be later threshed in a threshing machine. The men are sitting on and around the large steam engine. One man is sitting on the large wheel used by the belt to power the threshing machine.
Man driving tractor with sign, "Little Giant' Oil Tractor sold to E. T. Winship, Owatonna, Minn. Weighs less, burns less fuel, pulls more, travels faster than any other. M'f'd by Mayer Bros. Co. Mankato, MN."
A man is standing on the back of the steam engine watching and operating the controls to make sure the steam pressure will be high enough to operate the threshing machine, but not so high as to blow up the boiler.
A man has gotten off from the steam engine and is smoking a cigarette for a break. The dog is sitting with his tongue hanging out. This is part of a threshing crew.