Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-14

That Is, they set up each dozen sheaves in
q compact bunch, covering their heads
with a thatch of the same, artistically
spreaded and broken, the better to turn
untimely rain. The harvest field was
despite the labor, one of the pleasantest
scenes in farm life. The neighborhood wit
flourished, the local athlete was tried In
the pauses of the work or at the noon hour,
or in the still of evening, when men less
rugged would have tumbled breathless. to
bed.
Harvest now is different thing.
farmer drives into the field with his Irvine
binder and guides four horses over more
ground in a day than forty men could have
covered in the ancient way. The machine
attacks the standing grain, cut 1t, binds it
in sheaves. and losses them aside with a
finished, impatient motion. A still later
development has come with improved
machinery Wheat. which used to require
cutting before it was fairly ripe in order
that the last of the field might be finished
before it became too ripe, may now be per-
mitted to grow yellow and rich with the
filed grain before a sound Of the sickle is
heard. Thus matured it may be thrashed
at once.
From Sickle to Thrashing Floor.
The thrashing machine is set in readi-
ness at the barn and the harvester is
driven into the field while the
fire is building under the boiler in
the engine WHICH Is u OTlVo CuC sCp~
arator. If the field be large the reaper
is adjusted with an elevator or endless
belt that carries the fallen grain up over
roller and drops it into the broad bed Of
| wagon driven alongside. When the wagon
is full it goes to the thrashing machine
and another wagon takes its place under
the elevator. The grain in the straw is
| pitched to the table of the separator and
fed into the cylinder by careful man.
| Wheat that was standing and waving in
| the morning sunshine is heaped in bint at
| evening" visible golden answer to the
prayer: "Give us this day our daily bread. y
| Harvest time used to be a season of terror
| for the women who must cook for crowd
of hungry men none too tender of speech,
none too slow to complain. What ravenous
eaters they we're! Add what wreck they
| made of loaded table!
Courtesy Among Housewives.
Women in the country borrow a good
deal one from the other. They are long
way from market and if need be they can
school themselves to get along with very
| little. But when social skies are clear each
housewife can find plenty of excuse for
| drumming over to the neighbours house.n
III haven't any right to come without
bring home something of yours-I know
that,n protests the visitor: "but wanted
to use colander, and wondered if you
| was using yours"
| OF course the woman visited has no
thought or ever needing the cOlaDder, and
in the granting Of requests the time of
visit is extended till approaching dinner
honr compels return. 1T isn't much, but it
| 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.n Mrs. Brown assists in wash
ing up the dinner Dishes exchanging Cos
| sip the while, and trading recipes for
| graham bread and sweet pickles. If the
doctor be called upon in case of sickness,
and he needs tumbler or spoon. or bit
of sugar, he goes to the cupboard and
finds it. "Helps himself" say the neigh
bors, and they like him for it. OF course.