The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-01

IN the proper manner when the bun.
dies are pitched On professionally and
at irregular intervals. The governor
which controls the feeder should be
adjusted 80 that It viii stop feeding
as quickly AZ possible when the speed
Is reduced below normal BY an
means itasshould@be atjusted to act
more quickly than the governor on the
engine. II a reduction In the speed Of
the cylinder does not stop the feeder
before the engine governor acts the
speed will pick up again and the bun
dies will continue to move into the ma
chine without giving the separator
time to clear Itself of the overload
which originally reduced the speed. 1ai
The bundles should be pitched On
one at q time, with the heads toward
the machine, and the distances be-
tween bundles should be as nearly uni
form as possible. In bundle t%hrashing,
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 at q time with
out any regard to the way they fall
In the conveyor. It Is hard work to
keep the bundles going into the ma
chine I'm q 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 It's best
work.
There is sometimes q tendency to
crowd a machine to the limit and keep
It 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-
siruus 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 II,
viii 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 che Grain.
The adjustment Of the cleaning
mechanism and the proper direction
of the blast from the fan to separate
the grain satisfactorily from the chaf
calls for more skill on the part OF
the operator than anything else In
connection with the operation Of q
thraahing machine. One OF the main
duties Of the man 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 rethrashed is kept low and that
the loss occasimed BY grain being
carried 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 It IS impossible to give any def-
mite rules Id all cases. However, an
operator WHO knows the function Of
each part Of the cleaning mill /; how to
make ail adjustments. and does every
thing possible to, maintain the proper
speed. should have no great difficulty
In saving practically all the grain and
cleaning tsweI at the same tin1ess Il
he VIII examine the machine frequent
" to zee just how much stun each
part AZ the cleaning mechanism II
handling and the amount and clnar
acter of tie tnlings- The quantity d
tailipgs ahonld be small and they
should contain very little plump grain
and Light chad.
Probably more gra1n q wasted from
fa1lure to clean up ct the end az q
setting than from. any other single
cRnse. Just as much care should be-
taken N cleaning ub an the unthrash-
ed straw ana loose grain taat. has ac-
~cunulated afuund the machine as q
taken with the rest Of the Job. Even
With the hesf of care q Considerable
amount M unthrusted straw win Il.
cumu1ate arpund the feeder In the
course az ! days work. e the straw
q very DRY, considerable grain viii
shatter from The heads as Il ID being
pitched from the wagons or stacks
ONO the feeder. Small piles Of char
and straw which contain u certain
mount of grain VIII accumulate &C
various other places arodnd the ma
chine, and the machine should not BE-
Gt0pped at the end II. the JOB until an
n this ~ pitched Into the cylinder and
caxsfHly rethraahed
O. ccntse the cRreleas khraxhermani
& farmer may nv that the Chickens
q ptg1 VII cleanup whatever y left
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