Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

covered In tho ancient way. The machine
attacks the stnnding grain, cut 1t, binds 1t
in sheaves. and losses them aside with a
finished. impatient motion A still later
machinery. Wheat. which used to require
cutting before 1t was fairly ripe in order
that the last OF the field might be finished
before 1t became too ripe. may now be per-
mitted to grow yellow and rich with the
filed grain before Il sound of the sickle is
heard. Thus matured 1t may be thrashed
ut once
From Sickle to Thrashing Floor.
The thrashing machine is set in readi-
ness ut the barn and the harvester is
driven into the field while the
fire is building under the boiler in
the engine which is to drive tho sop
arator. III tine field be large the reaper
is adjusted with an elevator or endless
belt thnt carries the fallen grain up over
II roller and drops it into tho broad bed of
n wagon driven alongside. When the wagon
Is full 1T goes to the thrashing machine
and another wagon takes its place under
the elevator. The grain in the straw is
pSched to the table of the separator and
fed into the cylinder by "a careful man.
Wheat that was standing md waving in
the morning sunshine is hcaped In hint at
evening" visible. golden answer to tho
prayer: "Givcus this day our daily bread
Harvest time used to be "a season of terror
for the women who must cook for u crowd
OF hungry men none too tender of speech,
none 700 slow to complain. What ravenous
eaters they we're! And what Il wreck they
made of "a loaded table.
Courtesy Among Housewives.
Women in the country borrow "a good
deal one from the other. They are a long
way from market, and il need he they can
school themselves to get along with very
little. But when social skies are clear each
housewife can find plenty of excuse for
stunning over to the ncighbor's house,
81 haven't any right to come without
l bring home something of ycurs-I know
that" protests the visitor: "but l wanted
to use "a colander, and wondered If you
was using yours"
OF course the woman visited has no
thought of ever needing the colander. and
In the granting of requests the time of
visit is extended till approaching dinner
hOnr cOmnels return. 1t isn't much, but 1t
is social life for the country woman.
There is less formality in the domestic
life of the countrymen. Brown takes his
family to spend Sunday with Jones and
"his folks" Mrs. Brown assists in wash
ing up the dinner dishes. exchanging gos-
sip the while, and trading recipes for
graham bread and sweet pickles II the
doctor be called upoh in case of sickness.
aud he needs u tuinbler or q spoon. or q bit
of sugar. he goes to the cupboard and
End it. "Helps himself.n say the neigh
bOrs, and they like him for it OF course,
the younger doctors take no such privi-
leges. but it is doubtful II they win more
patrons or heal the sick moro readily than
do the old men who jog along behind in
ferior horses. and hum a lullaby while pa
tiently treading muddy roads In the gloom
of a ~starless night
Had to Borrow Fire.
But the muddy road is becoming a thing
OF the past. Tile draining is reclaimine
the low places in fields. and successive CON-
tributions of gravel are raising the high.
ways above the quagmires and quicksands
of an early day. Coco roads bring the
farmer nearer town. He supplies his house-
hold with all things needful. and markets
his produce with the minimum OF trouble.