Bum Malleck Memorial Thrashing 2017

Wheat straw goes into a steam tractor-powered threshing machine in the centerpiece of the Ninth Annual Bum Malleck Memorial Threshing show Sunday south of Indianola, concluding highlight of the annual Old Settlers Day celebration.  (Bruce Crosby/McCook Gazette)

Berdon Pedersen of Davenport, Neb., demonstrates the broom-making craft. (Bruce Crosby/McCook Gazette)

Tom Manker, below, shows off the most recent addition to the restored Bum and Wanda Malleck farmstead, an outhouse next to the adjacent one-room schoolhouse he previously restored. (Bruce Crosby/McCook Gazette)

A neighboring one-room school building has been moved to the Malleck farmstead and restored to its authentic condition. (Bruce Crosby/McCook Gazette)

Dozens of quilts were on display for the Wanda Malleck Memorial Quilt Show. (Bruce Crosby/McCook Gazette)

Belt-driven equipment included a corn grinder — observed by a drone. (Bruce Crosby/McCook Gazette)

An abundance of tractors, stationary engines and antique farm equipment greeted visitors Sunday. (Bruce Crosby/McCook Gazette)

Ifesinachi Egbosimba of NTV checks out the workings of a horse-drawn, reversible single-bottom plow. (Bruce Crosby/McCook Gazette)

Belt-driven equipment included a shingle-maker. (Bruce Crosby/McCook Gazette)