Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-03-27

g and implements still employed TO
break up and prepare the soil. The plow' drawn
by a pair of zebus is a very crude affair Inc
share, made of soft iron imported from Sweden
is attached to rough wooden bars made by the
village carpenter and the pillow is fastened TO the
heavy yoke by chain. The soil is merely
scratched on the surface, for the depth 10 WHICH
the share penetrates depends entirely on the
physical exertion of the driver who is often mere
ly youth. AS soon as the rainy season sets H.
generally somewhere about November, neld WORK
begins Only two kinds of grain are grown Ill
Ears wheat for bread and barley for the 1000 Oh
the horses donkeys and mules, though now IL Is
also often used for baking purposes by the poorer
classes When the seed has been sown plank,
five feet long by and half feet broad pressed
down by the weight of the driver VINO STANDS on
il is driven over the ground to Level II anu 10
cover the seed so that it shall not be washed out
when the fields are flooded by artlnclal Trlgatloh.
II the rains are good and plentiful the young green
blades soon show above ground; but If the nour-
ishng element fails, artificial irrigation must De
resorted to- and the few springs which exist IN the
Shiraz valley become worth good deal OF money
Water is scarce in southern Persia, and has TO
he bought by most farmers throughout a dry sea
son On specified days in the week each held
owner gets his supply for certain hours me
fields are then flooded, and to retain the water as
much as possible each division is crossed by num-
hers Of dams two feet high which conhne the
water and in this way the earth is thoroughly
soaked Where running water is not oDtalnaple'
wells and underground channels are dug. From
the wells some of which are as much as 90 or loo
feet deep, the water Is drawn by horses OF oIhe'
animals A rope attached to the harness runs
over a wooden wheel on a gentry above the Wen
mouth The bucket" consists of the skin OF
sbaen mr. other uuadruped, from the neck of which
the water flows into basin level with the ground
and then through narrow channels to the growing
crors These wells can be seen ana the squeahlns
noise of the wooden wheels heard throughout the
Dftnn mo
are covered aqueducts, through which the water
l. led from the mountains to the plains and VII
lagos. The soil thrown up in digging these
messages form mounds at the mouths or the shaIts'
which are sunk at intervals OF 20 or 81 yarus. Inc
dtggipg of these canals is special trade, ana
tho secret of their construction is guarded year
ously by the men who earn their living III 'iiS
manner -.. .~4
The crops begin to ripen and harvesting starts
towards July In the Shiraz valley, but carrier as
ono GOES further south. The simple sickle is the
onIv roaming implement used all over the vast
., When the crop is reaped 1t is not tied
,+o shaaves but is merely stacked up When
tbreshing time arrives, the simplest Oh ihachineS
annears on the scene 1t Is combined threshel
and chaff-cutter. Between two broad WOODEN run
rers there is pair of wooden rollers IN which
short wide. blunt knife blades are hxeo. Inc
,ar mart consists of four wooden uprights, on
1rhich hoard is mounted as seat Tor the driver
A nair of zebus drag this machine over the sLa"'
which is spread fiat on the ground and is cut or
ether broken, up by the constantly rotatihs
,,s while the pressure of the runners sepa-
ratas the grain from the husks. The weight Oh
+ho driver supplies the necessary pressure II
+opas eight or ten days to thresh out slach' anu
,han this is finished if the wind is blowing fresh
". ,he vinnowing can begin. Again very SIM
~ -, instrument merely wooden fork is all that
- cod nv the peasants The monsoon, whlch
blows in August and September over southern .se
- rlsvs an important part in this proceeding.
rrha yyinnowers start on the weather SIDE oil tne
+hresbed stack. tossing the straw into the ar
,,h their forks the breeze blows the light cnaH
,oroI wards TO leewa I'd, where 1t collects In a
hean while the heavy grain falls at the feet OF tne
,,kers and in this rough-and-ready manner the
sanaration of the grain from the chan IS erected
1rha remaining operations Of harvesting are very
simnle The chaff is baled up IN large speelaliy
,oa5e nets. and brought on donkeys to the VII
.sas while the grain follows in bags on the backs
- camels or donkeys. The poor people are now
oIorcaa IA CLEAN over the fields, sitting the dust
I'd gathering such grain and chan as are left
before the grain goes to the mill 1t is cleaned
.nca more in a Stone mortar with heavy wooden