New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-09

sSso' OutHt8 VIII eliminate Waste.
one at n time, with the heads toward
the machine, and the distances be-
tween bundles should be as nearly uni.
form as possible. In Misunderstanding,
the center, or dividing board. should
nearly always be used to keep the
bundles from piling up into the center
Of the carrier. If one man on each
side Of the machine cannot pitch bun
dies In the proper manner fast enough
to keep the machine supplied, 1t will
usually be better to supply extra pitch
ers than to have the two men pitch
two or more bundles Mt n time with
out any regard to the way they fall
in the cOnveyor. 1t Is hard work to
keep the bundles going into the ma.
chine in a steady stream, with the
heads all pointing in the right dIrec'
ton, but unless this Is done 1t Is i'm
possible for the machine to do its best
work.
There Is sometimes n tendency to
crowd a machine to the limit and keep
1t overloaded most of the time. This
Is especially true Of large custom ma
chimes. While both the operator OF
such a machine and the owners of the
grain to be thrashed naturally are de-
sirous of finishing each job quickly.
the attempt to get as much grain as
possible into the machine, combined
with more or less irregular feeding
which is almost sure to accompany 1t,
will certainly result in a considerable
waste Of grain. The value of grain
thus. wasted may easily more than Off
set any saving in time effected by
speeding up the operation Of the ma
chine beyond its normal capacity.
Cleaning the Grain.
The adjustment of the cleaning
mechanism and the proper direction
of the blast from the fan to separate
the grain satisfactorily from the chaff
calls for more skill on the part OF
the operator than anything else In
connection with the operation Of a
thrashlng machine. One of the main
duties of the mar in charge of the sep
aratOr Is to see that the grain Is as
nearly free as possible from chaf
and weed seeds before 1t Is delivered
from the machine. At the same time
he must see that the amount which
goes back in the tailings elevator to
be r%ethrashed is kept low and that
the loss OccasiOned by grain being
out Of the machine and into
the stack is eliminated as nearly as
possible. The condition Of the grain
and the construction Of different
makes of machines are so variable
that 1t Is impossible to give any def
mite rules in all cases. However, an
operator who knows the function Of
each part of the cleaning mill; how to
make all adjustments, and does every
thing possible to maintain the proper
speed, should have no great difficulty
in saving practically all the grain and
1t well Mt the same time, II
he will examine the machine frequent
Y to see Just how much stuff each
part of the cleaning mechanism Is
handling and the amount and char
lcter Of the taillngs. The quantity Of
should be small and they
should contain very little plump grain
md light chaff.
Probably more grain is wasted from
to clean up at the end OF a
than from any other single
'ause. Just as much care should be
AIKEN in cleaning up all the unthrash-
ID straw and loose grain that has &C.
'umulated around the machine as is
aiken with the rest Of the job. Even
With the best of care a considerable
mount of unthrashed straw will nc
emulate around the feeder in the
curse Of a days work. If the straw
$ very dry. considerable grain will
halter from the heads as 1t is being
from the wagons or stacks
INTO the feeder. Small piles Of chaff
nd straw which contain a certain
mount of grain will accumulate at
arlOuS other places around the ma.
hine, and the machine should not be
topped at the end of the job until all
t this is pitched into the cylinder and
r%ethrashed.
OF course the careless ~thrasherman
r farmer may say that the chickens
r pigs will clean up whatever Is left
this manner. but practically 1t Is a
)tal loss. and any machine which is
perated carelessly in this respect
'astes a large amount Of grain In q
lngle season. I