, 1882-06-03
An Immense Eafn.
Mr. C. W. Hoag writes us the follow
ing Interesting sketch and sound ADVICE

ing Interesting sketch and sound ad'ice
20 farmes
The GLENN FARM
Beginning at point near Prinee'on'
On the west side Of the Sacramento riSer'
in Colusa county, and running as iss
north as the Cspay grant, or Monr0evuie'
near the line of Tehama county, hes q
strip of land FIVE miles wide and nearly
siyk.een miles long, which viii form basis
of the subject OF my sketch
The Glenn Farm proper contains an
aera of 5000 acres. 10000 OF "hich
were under cultivation last year; 3o,"o
be,np winter so~n and 10000 summer
fallow. Aside from this the Docsor s
farming 1900 acres in Tehama county,
and :. 900 acres on Batter creek. A por-
tioa Of the Al. 600 acres under cultivation
IS farmed byyour subscriber, and includes
some If the best land on the farm Inc
average yield per acre, last year, ct the
"a OO0 netted nineteen bushels Of small
grain hay and barley being produced
only in sufficient quantity for feed pur-
ing the harvest season $50 laborers are
required to CLEAN the fields and shout the
"haryest home" For the motor power
az the farm, $50 mules and horses are
required.
At harvest time, for which ali the ne
cessary preparations have been completed
VIZ repairing and setting up headers.
separators. wagons and engines - and
when all the paraphernalia belonging to
large farm has been collected for the
grand onslaught upon the golden gram,
the SIGHT IS truly pleasing, and the ANNA
tel countenance Of the farmer attests his
zeal and confidence IN the issue. Forty
FIVE headers-nearly all fifteen and six
teen foot, principally the headers OF A.
J. Hodges Il Co. s manufacture, for which
William Jones IS agent at Walla Walls,
are employed. besides various headers OF
5ther manufacture Then l5O header
wagons fol- Nv; each wagon supplied with
a patent net. which facilitates matters to
an extent that Cnly one-haif minute Is
REQUIRED to transfer the load from the
wagon To the draper OF the separator
Now come seven Gaar, Scott u Go. s
- Gold Medal Separators, (or which
Jones is also AGENT, reminding one OF the
grand procession Of Forepaush's circus
these being the receptacles for the Bengal
tigers and royal lions-averaging from
to forty four inch cylinder
machines that have stood the test and
proved themselves the very best in use.
And here again We have more machinery.
Seven engines follow in the wake OF the
separators, mostly strawburners manu-
factured by Gaar, Scott Il Co. And
finally hong line gram of wagons follow,
to be used in transporting the grain, as
fast as it is sacked, to the warehouses at
Jacintn. Arrived at the grain field the
cavalcade is divided up into working
gangs. Each separator has its engines,
headers. header wagons and crew allotted
to il; each has its section or field TO op-
crate III, and work begins. A circle is
cut, the engine and separator set in posi-
tion blast of the whistle announces
''all set, and, in the twinkling of an eye,
out pours the golden grain from the sep
aratcr, the solid basis of the farmers
This is what is called,
in common parlance, heading and thresh-
ing in the field.
The largest day S threshing ever done
on the Glenn Farm, and We presume in
the world, was accomplished on that por
ton Of the Glenn Farm rented by your
subscriber The separator used was
forty four inch Gold Medal" manufac-
tured by Gaar, Scott & Co., and Paten,
Straw burner engine of immense power
made by the same firm. The total
amount OF grain threshed from sunrise
until sunset was G,lS3 bushels, and would
nave reached the unprecedented number
Of 1000, but for two very annoying stop
pages, caused by stray bolts getting into
the cylinder aid making sad havoc among
the teeth
After being threshed and sacked, the
grain is hauled direct 10 the warehouse at
Jacin,o, where it is stored for the market
From there it IS shipped to San Francisco
by steamers and hsrses, and there re-
stored until loaded for foreign ports
Pacific Rural Press.