Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-09-14
Wheat and ThreshlnR.
from Frldav's Daliy.

ing from 8 bushels up to IL bushels
But little grain was cut with binders, 80
short was the straw. Out of 20 harvest
machines sold at Dickey this season, 10
were headers. BY reason Of the light
yield of grain and the large amount of
headed grain, the threshing season is 60
ing to be much shorter than usual and
little money in it for any one. Seven
cents Is charged for wheat in the stack.
Wages are S150 day. It is often times
necessary to "set" the machine from five
to eight times day so small are the
"settings." There are large number Of
machines in the field and scramble is
made for all the work in sight, One or
two outfits are in the field which charge
four cents per bushel for wheat the
farmer being required to feed the men
and teams and furnish six men. A self.
feeder attached to the machine dlsposes
of several men. Many of the farmers
consider this method cheaper and when
not pressed for wheat to sell, wait for
this outfit. Mr.. Schmid seems to think
that before next harvest there will be
hardships endured on account Of the
present small returns realized for wheat
by those compelled to sell to meet press
ing demands. The credit system has
been worked to the limit and merchants
are no longer giving credit except where
absolutely necessary. They can not do
1t and protect themselves, they claim.
Capt. McGinnis: The best yield OF
wheat I have heard OF is near Bloom,
where one piece OF grain on new ground
went q bushels to the acre. Theo. Mills
got 18 bushels to the acre on 100 acres Of
new breaking. Cbas. Frey's grain on
100 acres went 16 bushels, the Fisher
Bros. IA bushels, and Geo. Palmer will
get over II to the acre. Some grades No
l northern and much of it No. l hard.
The high yield for this year in that loca-
llty is rather hard to account for, unless
there was more rain at the right time.
The grain a few miles east, near Spirit
wood, is running out from Z to II
bushels as q general thing.
Fall blowing is going on at the New
bold farm. The crop Las been harvested
and threshed and the average yield about
bushels to the acre, the usual crop this
year il that vicinity. From 500 acres
they secured only 1900 bushels Of wheat
GOO Of oats and 600 Of barley. The
stock on the lower ranch ls doing we'll
this season and growing in weight salts
factorily. Mrs. Newbold and Mr.. c. h.
Bailey, her brother, who has been spend
Ing the summer at the farm, leave in few
days for Newark, N. J. to spend the win
ter.
Thresher: It's slaves life to work on
threshing job in Dakota at S1.50 day.
We get up at O'Clock, breakfast by
lamplight and out at work in the field at
dsybreak. Work until it is too dark to
see to 60 to camp, eat supper by 8 or
after-all for s1.5O. I'll not work for 10
cents an hour for any man. II they will
make it II hours work for $3.50, all
right. Some threshers also knock off
time on men when breakdown to the
machinery occurs. because they don't got
anything for it. That is dead wrong, too.
One thresher claims he had rather pay
$500 day for wages and get II cents q
bushel for his grain than pay $3.50 and
get 10 cents. One thousand five hun.
dred bushels is good days work and
can only be made when there is large
lot to thresh in one field. The moving
from one piece to another is what costs.
Threshlng will be finished about the
last Of next week in this county. The
grain is being rapidly whipped out in
all directions. The season is very early.
Much fall blowing is done already, and
from appearances now the farmers will
have long time to get ready for winter
and for general fall work.
Theo Mills threshing machine has
run about 1900 bushels day average.
The highest run being 1900 bushels.
A thresher in the Bloom neighborhood
cut prices to 8 cents.