The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-09-19
TH||R|'|ESHING
MADE EASY
The Industry Will Be Rev
Olutionized
See THE Tp'NsVT THRESHER
NEW INvENTlel HAS BEEN Civ.
EN- a THoRoueH AND sue.
CEssFuL TRIAL IN THE NORTH
DAKOTA WHEAT FIELDS
GREAT ECONOMY.

The system of threshing revolution
lied! 1t Wasathe pleasurable duty q
the traveiins correspondent of The
Forum, aso tive ago.. to witness
the practh snlonstration of an en-.
CINE and } sher which absolutely
possesses essentials for revolutions
izing the : stem of threshing. not
only on the thousands of farms in
North Dakota, but the world over
II mas solved for the farmer the Scar
city and annoyance of labor. Hum
dreds OF farmers, those with ordinary
holdings, quarter of section, and
wheat raisers farming from 1,00e to
1900 acres annually, have seen the en-
CINE and thresher at work and thew
have been forced to admit that the
practicability and utilization features
are no longer theory-that the Tran
sit thresher and engine possesses both
and, pre-eminently there stands ont
in great prominence the solving of the
labor problem.
In company with Hon. c. ]. Lord Of
Cando, the correspondent of The Fo
rum was driven by P. j. Lyons of
Steele to section of the big Elk VAL
purpose of viewing the Transit thresh-
ef ana engine at actual work of
threshing wheat. The machines are
approximately named for they do the
work In transit over the wheat field.
TO the ordinary observer it was an in
teresting sight and at bound a WISH
tor was obliged to reach the conclu-
sion, that first of all the machines dem
onstrated the great economy of labor.
Here was machine capable of thresh-
ing at the rate of 1900 bushels a day
and being done with an engineer, one
separator man, two pitchers and one
man and leam working the shock
loader in all five men instead
OF sixteen men and one team
In place of six teams and
no water tank team and man.
which is a positive necessity connect
ed with the operation of steam
thresher.
To the writer, ID. M. Hartsough, the
inventor of the Transit gasoline en-
CINE and the mechanism uniting the
engine and separator, stated that there
was no essential difference in the sep
arator. For demonstration purposes
this year he was using an ordinary 3D. |
inch cylinder machine. In the thresh-
ing proposition there were two very
vital points which were met by the i
Transit four cylinder gasoline engine
1t was as steady, or steadier in power
than the steam or horse-po ma
chimes. Second it will thresh more
shocks and can deliver the grain into
the tank at ~ cents per bushel in
stead OF to 10 cents bushel. The
Transit engine and thresher can thresh
10 its fullest capacity with Ave men
and two horses. An ordinary thresh-
ing rig uses twenty to twenty five
men and nearly as many horses.
The cost of a Transit rig is no more
than steam rig of the same size,
while in the cost of operation there is
no comparison. AS to the grain saw
ed the Transit rig savessa great DEAL
more for the simple reason that the
grain is handled great deal less. 1t /
will thresh other grains just as WE'LL
as it will wheat. The engine and
the uniting of the separator are the
few notifications for the purpose of
adopting it for continuous travelling
over the fields The rig can be NOV
ell anu StOppGu tdHtiys7 just DIS read
lily and easily as with a team.
The Transit rig consists of a four
cylinder gasoline traction engine with
a detachable separator hitched behind
and so belted as to travel through the
field and thresh as 1t travels. AT the
side Of the separator is the grain tank
which is hitched by simple and con-
venient devices so it moves with the
rig. The separator and grain tank
may be detached in half minute, and
nitched to blowing rig If required.
The engine weighs 1000 pounds and
ENVELOPES 32-horse power in the trac-
Ion.
In connection with the Transit rig
here is used a Simplex bundle load
n of which d. M Hartsough is the
inventor. This will readily do the
work of ten men and ten teams and
,bviates the labor of hand pitching.
rhe bundle loader is operated by one
nan and team, the better thel
Walking the easier the loader is oper-
lted The capacity of the shock load-
II is Is to rs shocks. The loader is
square box like vehicle mounted on
vide tired iron wheels. One horse is
litched on one side and one on the
,tfer. In front is row of teeth
probably six to eight feet in length
nd these are lowered and elevated at
will by the operator of the machine
Who sits on an iron seat in the front
II the machine Immediately behind
he teeth frame. The teeth and ele-
ating mechanism are operated byl
evers. The machine is headed for a
hook BY starting up the horses, the
eeth gathers the shock and simultan
ously they are elevated to an angle
which deposits the sheayes into the