The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-09

NluuH uISlIICtS II 10 "Ci " SoP 49,
shocks to protect them from rain and
birds. Make the cap by breaking /
down the straw at the band toward
10th the heads and the butts of two
good bundles These should be placed
firmly on top of the standing bundles.
Good stacking counts for much.
Only about one-fourth of the wheat
in this hard spring-wheat section is
stacked under present conditions.
directly from the shock is
more commonly praeliecd, as the total
cost usually is somewhat less.
Stacking gives greater protection,
however, results in a better quality OF
wheat and allows more economical
threshing Early fall blowing is made
possible by the removal OF the shocks
from the fields. This is usually very
desirable and often will pay for the
extra expense of stacking.
Well-stacked grain car be allowed
to remain for weeks or months before
thrashing, with damage. Stacking
should be done as soon as the grain
i we'll cured in the shock, usually al
ter 10 to 20 days. Four stacks are
commonly built, in pairs of feet
apart, to form setting The stacks
are round and usually 10 feet in dia
meter at the base.
First, build a large, round shock or
stock, about feet in diameter; then
place two layers of bundles, one di-
rectly on top of the other, with heads
resting against the shock, and the
butts forming the 10-foot circular
base. The next row is laid with the
butts extending just past the bands of
the outer row, like shingles, and so
on, overlapping the rows little more
as the center is approached; then be-
gin at the outside.
Shocked bundles have a slanting
butt. Lay the successive outer layers
with the long edge of the butt on top
and projecting beyond the layer be-
meath. Increase the diameter in this
way until a height Of to s feet is
reached. This forms the bulge.
Always keep the middle high and
firmly tramped. Do not tramp the
outer layer at all. If possible, have
loads pitched from different sides of
the stack to obtain more even tramp
ing.
From the bulge the stack should
taper slowly to a point. This is done
by laying the bundles now with the
short side of the slanting butt upper
most, gradually decreasing the dia-
meter.
Keep the middle high and we'll
tramped-so high that the beginner
will fear that the outer layers will
slide off. Sometimes they will, but
that is better than having rain water
soak in.
AT the peak, which should be 20 to
p feet from the ground the bundles
viii overlap, and the cap sheaf should
be securely fastened by driving a g.
foot stake into the top of the stack.
Stacks we'll built should shed water
perfectly.
Thrashing spring wheat. When
thrashing can be done early, the most
economical method is to thrash di-
rectly from the shock. Thrash When
the grain is dry, either before or after
il has gone through the sweat. If
the grain is too dry, it will crack badly
i'll thrashing.
Wheat thrashed before sweating in
the shock will go through the sweat
il the bins, giving the grain a darker
and richer color Grain that is
thrashed when damp will sweat too
much and become hot and bin burnt
this way are not always as favorable
as the present one.
When grain is stacked it should be
allowed to go through the sweat be-
fore thrashing.
Community thrashing is desirable
where the farms are not large The
individual farmer will get his thrash
ing done more rapidly and economical
ly where group OF farmers can own
and operate thrashing outfit together,
See that the separator is well clean
ed before the thrashiIg is started. in
order to prevent the mixture of grain
and the scattering of weed seed from
the neighboring farms.
Watch carefully the working of the
to see that the grain is en-
tirely removed from the straw and
that the chaff is blown out.
Stack the straw, use it as feed or
bedding for live stock, and so convert
il into manure.
This Farmers Bulletin, No. CTS. al
50 deals with terminating tests. pre-
pairing the seed bed, soils, climate. ro-
-ations, rate Of seeding, etc, and may /
De had upon application to the editor |
md chief of the division of publica-
ions, Washington, D. C.
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