The Glenwood post., 1917-07-21

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every bundle should be laid so as to
cover the joint between the two bun
dies below it, or just as shingles are
laid on A roof. The bulge is made III
the stack by showing out the bundles
in few layers and then gradually
drawing them in above that. Always
be sure to keep the center fun AMI
solid. After settling on the outside
this gives the bundles downward
SLOPE 50 that the stack will shed water
Have your second row Of bundles lap
over the band Of the outside row OF
bundle, in the layer below. This IS
done TO mold the bundles, and to bind
each layer in. 1t is a good plan 10
have your pitcher rake off all the loose
grain clinging 10 the outside of tie
stack after every load. Otherwise you
will not be able TO see the outside of
your stack to keep it straight.
The drawing in above the bulge
should not be done too abruptly or the
surface is likely to be 20 flat it will
not shed water. 1t is good rule 20
follow TO put about two-thirds of the
grain in the stack up to and including
the bulge, ana the other third in top
ping il out. We have found it good
plan TO drive sharpened sticks into the
tops of the stacks to keep the cap
sheaves on. In the case of rectangu-
lar stacks weights or bricks, rock, Or
old iron tied together with twine, and
thrown over the stacks, answer the
same purpose.
A great deal of grain is wasted an
necessarily at threshing time. These
wasteful methods have grown to be L
part of us after all these years of use,
and it may be difficult to get us to
change our ways and habits. But if
anything will do it, it will be 50 wheat
The feeding of the machine is partica-
larly important The services OF some
pitchers are dear at $l.50 a day, while
q man Mt So may be cheap. Feeding
shsu!G be done at steady, uniform
rate. Every time the separator is
" slugged" lot of valuable grain goes
on through the machine because it 10
not knocked out Of the heads. When
bundle grain is being threshed we cry
to have the pitchers throw the sheaves
on the self feeder SO that two bundles
will not 60 into the cylinder just at the
same moment. To follow out this plan
the band of the bundle on one side
should be just opposite the heads Of the
bundle on the other side.
A canvass spread under the front
end of the machine, particularly under
the feeder, will save a lot of grain,
both in heads and kernels. Some out
fits have such eanvasses now, but all
| threshers should be thus equipped.
Another piece of canvas should be used
to bridge the space between the wagon
and bin in unloading threshed grain.
advantage here in grain saved as well
AZ labor, but most of the grain in this
state still is handled with the scoop
shovel. Leaky wagon boxes constitute
.nother source of loss, easily remediel.
strips of canvas or cloth tackled to the
lower edge of the side boards and end
gates, to cover the cracks below, will
make any wagon box tight unless it is
old and dilapidated.
Still another loss must be charged
up to old, wooden granaries, which
often are leaky, and at the mercy Of
rats and mice. ! will confess am par
tial to the metal grain bins which may
be had in any size, may be set any
where in the field or near other farm
bindings, and which makes the grain
perfectly safe against weather AMI
fire, as well as rodents. There may
be damage from weevils, but this is
easily prevented with the use of lit
tie carbon bisulfide.
| haven't mentioned one of the prin-
cipal advantages in getting grain off
the field as soon as possible after har-
vesting, whether by stacking or shock
threshing. That is the fact that one
can 10 in at once and nrenare the
ground for fall grain when it needs 70
be prepsred-before weeds and the hot
sun take all the moisture out Of it and
leave it baked hard as flint. One ad-
ditonal reason why I like stacking
better than shock threshing is that it
is better for wheat to go through the
sweat in he stack rather than in the
bin.