The sun., 1902-07-20
IaRESHING OUT IN KANSAS.
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so.osss Hsshr,s . season VAR" wsrs
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IT. Nistr~>s se-sp.ra.its tisr stsrs

NpRroS. Nan. July ~ rhr~-htns has
t~gun tine may stand IN a kn"l and
cuun, the smoke of a d"1"n thr"-hins
engines within tho rim 10 IN" horir"n
Il - ,h. Vim" ~ MONEY making, for "v"n
the mint that cuins real gold -csrc'ly turns
uut tho counters of trade faster than the
mpl.ru thre-hins machine run 10y power
ful traction engin"
What do Won think you will l." able 70
d. thus s.ssoni' was ask,Si % the good
uaturrl manager 10 thr~-hins uuth' that
tuil.si through town the other day
oh. gue-s We'll make about So gu bu-hels'
/ mayt.' more II w. have good luck Want
| to- rav fer m concern this year N can.
Tha, ~ a fair seu~pn's run. 5000 bushels
| f. rn.an- steady work though. spm' IT th"
| mlchinr, run as high ~ a0.0D and 7o"o
, lu,h-l- IA the course of tLe summer
Thr,-hiug l. q deceptive occupation II
looA- like very profitable joo. YET ~"
country u full OF men who have failed
al II Out here on th. great wheat h-lds
it IL nearer a succ~sS than snywh-r" else.
IL ha- becone a science. not a speculation.
H. the middle Of the night on- h"ars
roaring. puftng sound The streets are
awake a light appears ny the long road
"
| IN. thrc-nins outfit everything - an
! -outnt- in the W,-l guss through town
First - the traction engine th" auto
mobile oi the plains IL il huge anaIf.
With great wheels "a canopy covering th"
whole and with the driver sitting On the
rrar platform The aywherl j. making
several huudrcd revolutions minute.
| hA, the whole machine moves forward
| slowly
Behind comes a long traIn-th. coal car.
! the hig red separator. the cook -hahtN
| the water wagon, th. light road Wagon OF
IN" ho--. 1t is like the passing Of a circus
| hut lt has b-come 81 common m the West
tina, people are le~s curious than ot old
abnut "
Somr'imss. the engin. is not even a
cosl-hGrnrg macii~- IL may bc ~ con-
strlctrd '.a n ~! burn straw, OF II NAV
l., q 'nnv -fa-hion.d gaso,nr burner that
coonoml1e~ whore the farmer can b"rt
| afori tu -ave-on the coal tall
Il u made down East somewhere, hu,
a pra.rir hoy i running It There may T."
| az explosion but pruhsthiy not WITH IT.
struggling train hshiui the engine moves
slowly ,p the farm where ~ coming ls
awaited wfth -dgrru"-s
| 1hreshing = not what o. once was b"
| farmer oi tn. Nr-i VINO back ~ New YORK
u~..i To drrad ~. dAv now makes 30 a nm"
| OF comfort To- hs family Hr nav 'he
| thr'sher seven cents hush"i instead ~
-lN ana tho theshcrs arr b"ardcd by heir
/ manager
| Ny,u tL.ng~ u-.'d 20 - unknown ard 'u"
POOR housewife tol-d hard 'o pro, "a" !or
| tls hungry throng Nov ia" cook -nautN,
| 4 hou-n on wh'-.-. Vith a woman ~ charge.
| -haus.d into be -had" 81 b" tear - hedge,
| and hat - home during the slRy 81 rh"
| COMPANY
iu,"r mon ,su van 'hr~sning "u'h'
m ihr-. dav- whom ma,Nircrv has 50" sim
| phii"d thing. 'ha, IL 'ak"- uu very "NT-.r'
| mAnas"m"u. IN" separator = today,
tnr INSTANCE. would NOV ~ r'-coguiA''d by
| th' pli.'ssiGou"d .ur-t"r
| The I'D days -iv machine thal had a
| AID. platform m front extending around
the oy-..iyg into Nm mch IN" straw Vs-
| pushed r. al,u nd q great rcd carrier
| ih1t extended from 10" rear "ud & 'h"
| m,, ht.." r" 20" straw stack
B.,i arr gor. \ prominent toLgrc>.-
! uyu sad 90" other daN
| -Ih, hati..-. dav. Vork I ever dad va-
| ~ ,h- bushes. ,i.i II straw Garner |
! a.. d, rh, ,.pi q TN day and h gan ear.
| lug fur . IANvcr's Iuf-.- d.d avn g.sU
1 Of ~
| To-day Mt new -rI,ar,tor. -'Irf j.
| I-sd nu 'u" ,N"'ag' Western farm 'Irr"
- non. of mt work A. ~" rear ~ 'u"
| m,rh.n- - bong pip'. "gt'c''u inches
| In diameter and twenty t'.' ~ NOR" 'oug
! A. - upp..- md o. t- curved and ih"rc =
/ yti"ut apparatus ~ tN" tr''"in 'si'
.-orI- ,hrnugN y Nr"u IN" marhIn" l. m
motion -'rurg h,as' of wind
| T. - called q wind -tack"t and rhe man
| vnu ..ut,,i o. ha> uaI" q forum" t."ry
u.cltr" ~ "puipi~i with This apparatus
n"Vafty-
The -'iaN H. rarrIoI iu 80" ext 81 the
! IA .ut auI fpr'.-i many f..' 1wav Bv
managing 'r" -ta,k r from ~" hotf"Ip o. -
wrl.i in arv direction and ~' VI" stack -
| buHf with ltrl" a''"urt"r IRON hand lato'
Two mon ere thG- saved ia" "Apsn-'' &
! ,hr--ulus ha. hrrn wat"rill'v hg''"n"d
| hy rhis r0cthoi ~ caring f"r 'h" VAST"
straw
A. OH" uthor cnd "t ih'. uarh,n" - another
| improvement tnat = almost ~ import ant
N. odd -"parat"r had ,arg.' f"''din: 'sul"
AMI Two ulcn ven, kept - work they"
Ol" - them carried = hlg kni's srd cu'
! 'h' bands 4 -iraW Nifh which ~. utril"-
! were ti.i rog"rhcr Hc then pushed The
, straw toward m" other man Who. WITH hi-
/ eysa pro'"c'nd hv shields fed the h.ads
| into N" Vhlrhnc ovhnd"r that r"ar-d Just
! down 'he 'hrna' - w." mAchin"
Gradusllv be let 'h- whole nundl.. slip from
hi- grasp and r"ari.d Tor an.tr'r. Ahout
! ones. q s"ar M every u.igbborho,d snrn"
feeder would reach to-o far and catch his
hand In thn cvlird"r losing hs arm and
teiug lucky II be- "~rapa'i with his M. l.
was a dangerous Jnh and the best psid one
on N" machin" u was not unusual Tor
tho f,--i.r 20 get ., day. and hc earned II
Now there j. no such job except on tho
oid-faShirn,'d machines An invention. the
ser-fced"r. tak"- III" place. u j. an APP
paratuS with a hopTrr-like opening into
which the >h.sves ar" pitched one after
another u cuts tho twine thai binds the
straw and feeds tho bundle into the cylinder
t,et,rr than the nldtim" worker u saves
two men and thus again reduces the cos,
OF the harvest
| lb,r,, an. a. psr things that the .eparator