Men with a horse - drawn wagon brought the shocks to the stationary threshing machine and somehow fed them into the machine . Every once in a while , the big belt would come off and everything had to be stopped while it was replaced . The man who owned the threshing machine brought with him a crew of workers to help with the harvest . There were also family and neighbors involved .
According to the above context, choose the best option to answer the following question.
Question: Why were there so many people at the threshing process ?
Options:
- The people were there because they wanted to see what the process if about
 - The people were there because they were trying to make some money helping out
 - Threshing is usually done over a short period of time and requires many hands to be a successful and speedy endeavor
 - None of the above choices .


Threshing is usually done over a short period of time and requires many hands to be a successful and speedy endeavor