, 1876-11-11
4 CALIFORNIA HARVEST.

App'ssont journal.
Suppose that Upon one Of The many days OF
the tlatvest-scAton you get out of bed at an un.
usually early 1lour aud again climb to the ,ottse-
Up.
Beneath and in front Of you Will lie, as before,
the palc, golden sea Ut wheat. Kfrdlcd IN the
cool distance will, the purple mountains. The
air will te soft md delightful tu breath; the
oaks upon the river bank will throw shadows
across the roadway, and the rays Df tic sun
wi,lspreat1 nseF the enormous plai,,--a smile Ut
Yt Y"a xill ii sweep , tc horizon With yo,r gla.e.
Hardly to be secn. even with thal. are soh,c
thithcr. They seen, to crawl like insects: s,ne
going notth, some snutt', su1nc east. and st',e
west. After awhile you will diettngutsh that
.,early every one Ut these Iots ts Of deep-ret!
shape Of the .cpasat.;rs, nnd the broad.toprsd
funhcls of tue engines. Thronss ut peoplc,
must uf them IN Wagons, yet some atuos, inl!ow
o, bcl,tnl. After n while all Of these t'uw
still. They. have takcu up tlteir positions for
the onslaught upon thegraln!lclls US trtbcrate-
ly and with as much thought as batteries takc
Up positions for hattic.
tim, II header, with tta attendant wagons, Is
srnt forward to cut q clcnr tlnct III the centre
Ut tho asca to bc worked ,tpo, that day. The
rnnchfnc IL pressed upon the wheat dcyourtny
Ill IL HQHe1 AIlu HAfluE
tain distance, turns a1tl wurks iu CIRCLE cut
ting out bare spot frOm three to tlye aerrs IL
extent. This ii the point fronl which seventy
arrcs of wheat arc to tc flcwod ttowtl, east III
to tic thFasl.er, md sacked fur market bciose
sunlowt.
Then tho separator, and engine, and a!l The
teams lnnve forward tip the ianc aud i,tu the
circle. Tie srht tolcs to u halt III the centre,
the headers at nucc attack the wheat: the tlrh.
taking tlc ilEst swattl Os the encfrciing Eraln,
the llext tho second, little III tie rear, aul
| on. ............ ........... ....
The pclting between ths cnrine and tl!e ssp.
arutor Is adjstctl, uni tic cnGlecr starts ll'a
fires. Tht shoots tint nrc to convey the rfaIll
frotl tic cauyas vi the ground upon which 1t Is
pitched frlM tic lieadcr-wagors arc attaelctit
the lids .l.at coycr the inner works Of tlic great
,nucliine urc drawn aver, and all Is nude fast.
| Tic wlrcIs arg locked, ART those Of the ell
glne. Great care Is taken to Keep oil ta's1Rs on
is perfect lcyel ns may bc, to Insure thu proper
| eysnonly OF farxe.
Tic scet,e ryrtl ut this time is one Ut great
animation. Thu ,ticn. .re a!l fresh, aud are
! working with urdor ttc stimulus of thu noise,
Is impossible not to feel the pulse quicken even
ut thIs early stage OF the play, and one RECALLS
Ills old ttt.le ideal Ut Il harycstsie1d, lsfth Its
bcribbonctl rcapcrs and their long. curved
sIcklcs, With little doubt Of 'ts superior grasr
separator cattcrs III tune, atl nothing Is atlss.
Sow. tl1ea, for tale grain! 1t. 4 nlD1nent the
"nEon9 osS ;:,., ~ w.. a .'r.,,, I'm ,.n II ~
emen ", upGm ~ rac ~ tp s,,,ar,.or Thc
.. ..u s"' u,r",,ts" omhin"ti ~ trcn.n,.
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nog e,,shn1 ,,,n' ~ th,mnIns mn, ss,,n NJ
raoTimr RI" e"tr" fahr}l. shivsrs fr.,m t1,, tn
t"a,s a,', ,,5 mi fr",n "xr-y rr.yir. tl,ere nrs
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~ ..'t ,i ,",'st ,,r.. ~ n.,,,,,1 a TINS ~
~. & r"e en ""s's' s,ti.,nr 1.,,1 flnws IT, In sec.
e,nu @ .'.r.ti,t,,t a.. i. ~, s,,r,nrs ~" men wm,
U III -, escts a. ,s,,i, 20 th,, = t,o ..,rns ~ ,1
~ . .n laEs Es ,''E Er,,ru N's, ,,,,rs n,,,rsnT
ttuG"s. ans, ~ - Ian, i.nrn,,e ~ w,,nni"ansi
NV 1oyss VII fr,v NJ H,'ms. From ti.e iarrcst
separator u, le c.u .erS ttl IN 1us a.a. sa .aa'
os oV ioT,1s .1 ,,,a':," mn ,or +; a,rnst
1 .tro ,1"I .IIns,s II. nwnrr,a1ls |; III
Mnn,tr III H., rn,.,,.,.s l,r,, nni1,,,s ia we'll
i:i,tat,r it rh,,nix' SI"rs. nni tisc i;kc. Sn "ue
,.,111, .n"t',i, tn nne nj fi,, Cures fnr
Or gn.rc, Or up,ctry In tic whole aeld. al Il