His grandfather was Michael Stirling, most famously known for his invention of the threshing machine. These engines are used for ploughing or driving a threshing machine. Inside was "Aveling's Patent Locomotive Steam Thrashing Train" with engine, threshing machine and straw carrier. Oats were gathered into shocks, and then collected and run through a stationary threshing machine. The Swing Riots in the UK were partly a result of the threshing machine. In 1811 an early threshing machine was erected on the property. Eulogio also acquired other technology such as a threshing machine developed in the United States. In 1937 a new shed was built for the communal threshing machine. For instance, the word "nowt" is used in the song "Threshing Machine". The threshing machine was left to rust in a shed. In the 1880s the reaper and threshing machine were combined into the combine harvester. Irish songwriter John Duggan immortalised the threshing machine in the song "The Old Thrashing Mill". John Ridley, an Australian inventor, also developed a threshing machine in South Australia in 1843. The threshing machine (ca. 1794) simplified the operation and allowed it to use animal power.