The Midale threshing bee is quickly approaching and is set for this week, and will include a variety of community events.

Back in the day, threshing bees were for the purpose of gathering the community to thresh wheat, which used to be a lengthy process.

Now, while modern combines can do the job pretty easily, threshing bees are held to continue to gather the community, especially after tough years like this one.

The Midale threshing bee will include a variety of attractions, including a pancake breakfast and a live demonstration of blacksmithing.

Glenn McGregor, the president of the board for the Souris Valley Antique Association, says that he's happy with the parade that shows off agricultural history.

"I would say the parade is a big hit, it goes over pretty well with everyone," said McGregor, "There's a lot of equipment there that people haven't seen and it's good to see that history still out there and running."

One of the big events is the threshing, where organizers fire up an old threshing machine and demonstrate how it works.

"What we do is we have stalks already cut and loaded on the wagon, and we fire up an old threshing machine like they used to do in the days back before combines," said McGregor, "We pour the stalks into the machines and thresh the grain out of the heads."

McGregor says he's happy that so much history gets shared during the threshing bee.

"I think it's really important to show people where everything started to evolve and how far things have come," said McGregor, "It's good to see there are still so many people interested in our past history of agriculture and also this community artifact we have."

"I just hope that people can come out and have a good day and kind of being able to get back to a normal lifestyle, I suppose. I hope lots of people come out and enjoy themselves. Usually, we have a pretty good turnout and we're hoping to have one this year as well."