The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-03
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r. E. Shepard b y After Introduc-
ing Threshing Machines .E. and Engines
in, ulgaria, Where Every Man tis a
Walking. ouaiiesry1 IS Shop but, Kisses tho
Hand toa IL ths sDeplaf Guest J.. >e:..s
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R..i,,|E. sIbpeap1ard,s Who took a. number
ofuthreshing outfits to- Turkey last June
is home again and mighty glad Of it.
after working: for two months with
| gangs Of men who, carry belts full of
long. knives to their. work, it is sat, least
restful for peaceable and aw-abiding
American to return to a place where
| the ost'dangerous weapon in sight sis
the old familiar tableknife%. 1t IS not
that. any attempts were made in Turkey
to carve Mr.. Shepard, but the sight Of
long, naked knives worn. on the persons
Of, big brawny fellows who look like
brigands is, not rlikely: to- add to one IS
| composure when thousands of miles
away. from friends and home and totally
| ignorant Of the language. = bso':e''''
But Mr.. Shepard: has, introduced Min
neapolis threshers in Turkey, Bulgaria
and Rumania,a and the exporting Of
Emachines to the regions which have
| been under more different masters than
almost any other part of the world is
now established as a regular business.
-: : Minneapolis Wins.~sss>-..~ a.:
Many efforts have been made by. a.
large importing house>in Constantinople
to: Introduce: threshing machines in the
! big wheat growing belt, north of the
BACK sea. The. attempts We're e not not
successful, for the machine must. do a
very thor job to- satisfy the ,;Bulgar-
ians. Not a single grain must be vast
ed, nor splinter of straw, Turkey
wheat is hard to shell from the, head,
but the officers :: Of the Minneapolis
studying the problem, were satisfied
that their machines would do the work
and to substantiate their confidence
agreed to send an expert to Turkey to
set up the outfits and teach the natives
to operate them. ~''~--
On arriving in ~Constantinople; Mr..
Shepard, and the outfits were sent to
yarna, jen the Black sea1 .>one at the
out in the fields and went to work.
Instead of dragging the threshers around
from place to place., the grain. was
brought to the machine, by the farmers
and the outfit was not moved until all
the grain within aa;radius of thirty or
forty miles had been threshed. The
farmers took every kernel away and
every. shred of straw, so that the field
around the machine was as clean as a
floor. -. e
'2;''@'''As in Bible Times. Z: ~
|: The Bulgarian method of threshing
is exactly the SAME; as that described
in the. Scriptures. : A big pole was
stuck in: the. ground, around this was
heaped the straw, and then cattle were
driven IA around: ountil the grain was
tramped out. The winnowing is: done
by throwing the heads in the air and.
allowing the wind to carry away the
chaff: In this, twaNsit was possible. to
thresh ,l11a bushels of wheat a day.. /.
The work done by the Minneapolis
machines" was entirely satisfactory and
the importing house at Constantinople
promised to send 49, erder44for other
naachine e' next yearss,,r. -. w. :: -, ). +:
man, capital and 10 enter the mosque
Of St., Sophia and other interesting
places; He made a. record, trip, from
Constantinople t. New York, as he left
es gHn New Y? TSk 81 4 Aagust hR2
eA days for, the ,ttlEiip}. = -. . .l.s
Kissed His Hand. ="
TWAS was not until he left the little Bu +
garian: villages. that he found that sthe
Bulgarians were not as bad asa they
looked. On his departure the entire
population turned out to bid him faro;
well and all the folks were called up Is
| kiss. his hand. There was a great way.
! ing Of hands and~tlnanyz adieus:i We're
said in strange tongue, but none the
less sincere. On the whole~Mr. Shepard
! is much pleased that he was able to see
a country where agriculture is as primi
| tive as in Bulgaria and to lend ashand
in the adoption s'of.s more progressive
methods. .>. .;rs&