River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-02-03
From the Moorhead Argonaut;
No. 4 HARD.
The Way liz Is Handled ON the stick.
ney--L0rfng farm.

AS a fair sample Of the improve
ments in all departments of bonanza
wheat farming. attention is called to
ingenious and satisfactory way that
the wheat is handled on one of Clay
county's premium farms. Thine is
money in all kinds of business and
nowhere more 50, than on the wheat
farms OF the Red River Valley. Mr..
Lyman Loring who is the very com
peteut manager of the great farm re-
ferl ell to in the caption, has perfected
a plan, and has carried it into practi-
Cal use, whereby all Surplus labor, III
tile way of handling wheat at thresh-
ing tune, Is avoided. Probably no
where i'll the werld is there another
farm, whose appointments are more
perfect than on the StickneyLoring
farm, seven miles northeast of Moor
head, and the plan Of handling wheat
at threshlng time, Is on plan wholly
theirs. 1t is u boast OF MI. Lorlng s
that when the wheat goes into the
c1 Under it has been handled for the
last time by human hands until the
baked loaf comes On tile table. This
may be oYerd, avn sligntly; but it illus
Lrates how neatly the wheat can be
handled 10y machinery. Mr.. Loring' 5
plan is to do away with grain sacks en-
tlrely and all The old fashioned way OF
measuring. An elevator leg is attach
ed TO the spout of the thieshing ma
chine which carries the wheat III and
empties it into CHI ute which CONVEYS
1t into large wagon box, loose.
THESE WAGONS
are new feature i'll the valley and are
| worthy of imitation. They were made
to order especially for Mr.. Loring and
contain nearly 100 bushels each. "a
little more care in making tight joints,
would render any wagon in the valley
useful in the same way). The cost is
not much more than the ordinary
wagon box. To go on with the modus
operaRdi of the wheat handling After
the wagons are full they are drawn by
| four horses to the
THE ELEVATOR.
This feature of which the farm
manager is particularly proud, is built
on the Northern Pacific road five
| miles east of Moorhead, and is OF the
cylindrical pattern of the Williams
patent The wheat after arriving at
the elevator is unloaded by opening a
trap door in the bottom of the wagon
box and allowing the wheat to run, by
means of chute into a dump at the
| bottom of the elevator. thence by
means Of elevator legs is conveyed in
to the cleaning mill. After passing
through this, 1T again goes to the
bottom of the pit. and from there by
means of another leg to the top of the
elevator where it is distributed in a
number of bins for storage. Thus the
grain is delivered in the warehouse.
ready for shipment, having never been
handled by shovel or sack. The ship.
ping is very simple and only requires
the moving Of lever and the wheat
| drops, two hundred bushels at time
into hopper scales and is accurately
weighed. and registered. All that
| then is required is to withdraw a
slide and movable chute conveys 1t
| to the car below.
THE PLAN
on which the elevator is constructed
is first class and very practical. Mr..
Williams the pattentee has combined
in this elevator all that is solid and
compact. The construction is wood
and though light in appearance is
| wonderfully strong. This style at