The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-21
MERITS OF THE COMBINE.
Comparison Made With Old Method
of harvesting.

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Spokane man wrote to the Wash |
inet ton State Experiment station staff,
Pullman, recently, inquiring relative to
the growing and cutting Of wheat, the
and -four making content of the berry
as affected by coil, climate and methods
director of the station, answered the
inquiries as follows:
l. Does the wheat lose any OF the
essential elements Tor good flour by
standing until ripe enough to cut and
thresh at one operation.
| "Wheat does not lose any of it's con-
stituents by standing until it is thor
oughly ripe. 1t does, however, manu-
facture and store up somewhat larger
proportion of starch than if cut when
in the dough, resulting in slightly
softer wheat with larger proportion
Of starch and smaller proportion of
gluten. The difference in this respect
Is rather small, however,"
2. Are the berries as plump when
cut by combined machine as when
the grain Is harvested by a binder or
header, and threshed after standing in
the shock, or having been stacked?
We are informed that the wheat buyers
and milleis make difference between
grain harvested with the combined ma
Ichine and that cut with the binder or
header.
"The berries are plumper than when
cut by the binder and left standing in
the shock, for the same reason; that is,
10 = - a. L.
berries plumper."
8. Do the berries lost their color
when left growing until ripe enough to
cut with a combined machine2
"The color of the berry is not chang
ed materially until after the grain ID
dead ripe, after which it may be bleach
ed out to varying extent, depending
upon the length OF time and the eli
matic conditions.
: A. Is all the wheat in one sack OF an
! sven grade when harvested with the
combined machine?
"The wheat in single sack of grain
harvested by combined machine is not
necessarily of an even grade. Since the
, machine 10 run up or down hill, it may
cut and run into the sack wheat growing
under quite different conditions. This
however, Is equally true of any Other
,, method Of harvesting. 1t is wei
: known that grain from the top of clay
point Is different from that of north
hill slope, and both of these are differ
0 emit from that Of south hill slope, o.
y upon fat. do not think any meth
o cd of harvesting will secure absolutel,
: the uniformity you suggest
r 5. Ii there more wheat lost durin
. the operation OF the combined machine
L than through harvesting and threshin
r by the old methodf II so, how much
ave have no information which
I, would make 1t possible for us to stat
= definitely whether there is more or les
! wheat lost during the operation Of
: combined machine, than by harvestin
= and threshing by the old method. W
= are aware of the objection that has bee
h raised in California to the use of CON
4 bined machine, but do not think 1t Ia
great objection, as has been stated.
= "There is no question but that til
ie grain cut with combined machine
lg slightly lower in proportion Of glute
lg which it will show. The yield per acl
es is certainly little later, If the grain {
is allowed to become ripe. am person
IN ally of the opinion that the most ser
m GUS objection to the combined machiI
In Is in the distribution over the field
n the threshed out weed Seeds"