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Threshing floor from the Canal of Urgell House in the midst of beating activity.

Date
1920
Archive
Pla d’Urgell County Archive
Document type
Imatge fixa
Reference code
CAT-ACPU-10-4032
Link to the online document
Description

Stereoscopic glass plate from Societat Canal d’Urgell SA. The threshing floor and surroundings of Casa Canal in Mollerussa can be observed in full activity of beating.
For the right to use the water of the Segre Canal d’Urgell SA did not charge in money but in fruits. The owners of the land had to pay the company what was called the ninth, the ninth part of the harvested fruits.
In the image you can see operators and machinery threshing the sheaves of cereal collected with the ninth and in the background the large haystacks resulting from this work.