The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-18
the northwest. and we also deem II
the most puzzling.

the northwest, and we also deem It
the most puzzling.
Some seasons 1t certainly pays bet
ter to stack the grain than to take any
chances on threshing out of the shock,
but we can never tell until afterwards
and the expense of the stacking is so
much and help at that season is so
hard to get and so high that every day
counts.
do not suppose that there Is any
difference Of opinion as to the cost of
putting in the machine or In the
stack; one can be done as cheaply as
the other, II we had the machine there
at the time we wanted 1t and the help
also. However, with the big machines
some one must wait, and many wait
long time; SO long that q great por-
ton of their grain is lost and q greater
portion bleached and they lose much
on grade as we'll as weight and quality.
We have stacked grain for many
years at great expense and we have
waited for the big machine to come
and thresh out of the shock and lost
both ways
In threshing out of the stack we lost
the expense of handling the grain the
second time. We had to pay as much
per day as earlier in the season when
the days were longer and it took, of
course, more time. We also lost the
interest on the money the grain was
worth that we had to sell. AS rule,
grain never comes up enough to of
set the shrinkage and it is doubtful
speculation to hold wheat If you can
market 1t as cheap then. This how
10 nh
figured. In threshing out of the shock
with the big rigs it will take about
twenty-five teams to haul grain to ma
chine and to the elevators, and even
more II the distance be great. The
consequences are, that every available
team In the surrounding country must
be assembled for the purpose and at
time too when all other fall work
should be going on. Then, when the
ground Is frozen in the fall and dur
ing the winter the grain farmers
teams as we'll as himself, are idle when
he could be doing what he has hired
others to do at high price.
In threshing out of the shock we
lost on account of Smelling and bleach
ing while waiting for some on else to
get through. Now we have quit wait
ing for the big machine and also quit
stacking our grain.
We have bought a small thresher
and gasoline engine and will here
after thresh our own grain out of the
shock. We can thresh it as fast as
we can stack it and with the same
crew. This year we used a 32-inch
separator, hand feed and an 8-horse
gasoline engine. 1t was good for ten
loads an hour after we learned to oper-
ate the engine. Next year we will use
a self feeder and stacker, as we'll as
blower mot an exhaust fan; they run
harder than is necessarily and we are
going to make some of those portable
bins that We read about in the Dakota
Farmer not long ago-we had a plan
of our own, but those are cheaper and
better-set them up near the machine,
run the spout to it, then start the en-
CINE and pitch the bundles in until
noon or until that bin is full. BY the
way, we will make them hold about
what we expect to ~thresh in one-half
day and at one setting. BY covering
1t with straw and a few good hangers,
we can haul that grain when we get
ready. The saving: No extra teams
to haul grain, no fireman, no engineer,
no extra help in the house to feed a
big crew, no water man or team, no
straw man or team, no sacker; only
the bundle men and teams needed,
and If you are alone there is no loss
thresh your load, stop the machine
while you get another.
Threshing will soon be done with