The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-12-15
The Small ThreSher.

mQCQ INTEREST the
subject presented BY this journal No reform IN line
in his reach than the reclamation Of his winter work
The winter work has not only been lost by the intro
ducton Of the thresher but the hred man. has found
his labor confined to three months Of the summer and
lautumn-aiter which he may tramp
Not only is the rapid thresher the cause Of these
Ill., but Il Is the Of profound troubles For
harvest Of the western world Is projected on to
2 crowded market during sixty days. and the grain
gambler compelled to do what he s glad to do with
out compulson.
The price Of cereals thrown down by the ocean Of
supply thrust upon the market it never
except by conspiracy the floor where the Dump
ing occurs
We have examined carefully every objection raised
to small thresher and far do not find one which
practical farmers do not say could easily be remeded
thresher can be built with threshing cylinder is
inches wide and two feet in diameter with cleaner and
all useful appliances attached but without the heavy
and powereating strawlifters for 25 to $780, And it
can be soldnot for $780, stated BEFORE but for
to $75 1t probably would not be sold for less than
500, or even $780,
machine of this character could be eeared to
thrash so bushels 100 bushels, per day. and do it
clearly. And in this way cool 5000 would be saved
on 100 acre feld-a hired man employed with hun
dred of it during the wnterand the ssvsibe supply
There has been but one objection raised which de-
mands attention. and that the storage of the wheat
But as to that we declare than one for
knocking out the twne binder To knock out the Irvine
binder knocks out the Irvine iniquity (Aas poor Don
nelly with his Sc. hemp, costing 5A to &c., The head
err has been demonstrated, especially the past season.
to be the machine for in large farm areas like the
Dakotas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas. When peo
pie have to burn the straw always at risk and labor
the best way is not to cut any strawI
shed of reasonable size will store the header. cut
A lean-to 10 80 feet, the barn side end will
store the thresher Two horses will furnish power and
western hog and hominy create the brains
man with so acres of wheat would find the small
thresher of practical advantage, cent-percent
than the large farmer Large granaries would not be
necessary. When Chicago wanted to bear the market
with large receipts-an old trick dear to the combine
they would have to get the wheat rst-and that could
not be done when the elevators longer sucking
the three cents bushe storage out of the suckerd who
had to hatch the whole kit at one setting"
No, gentlemen de ploughshare-the machine is not
-cannot-be discarded. But when you make up your
mind to your machine you will find that about
zoe. per bushel income belongs to you than you
gettng-5c by the thrash-15c by the har kari of
the Jackson street Devil.
Take the Seller Board and the small thresher, and
the grain and cotton raiser would scalp the biggest lot
OF skinnerimps that preyed upon greenhorn pop
ulation.
Organization is wanted, probably within the ALLAN
ces to accomplish these objects. Let the manufac
turing world know that 100 small threshers would be
purchased outright, with chances future sale, and
the machines will be produced.