The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31

In the proper manner when the bum
dies are pitched on promiscuously and
at Irregular intervals. The governor
which controls the feeder Should be
adjusted so that II will stop feeding
as quickly as possible when the speed
is reduced below normal. BY all
means II should be adjusted to act
more quickly thnn 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 agaln and the bum
dies Will continue to move into the ma
chine without giving the separator
time 10 clear itself of tho overload
which originally reduced the speed.
The bundles should be pitched on
one at time. with the heads toward
the machine. and the distances be-
tween bundles should be ms nearly uni
form as possible. In understanding
the center, or dividing board, should
nearly always be used TO keep the
bundles from plllng mp 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 10 have the two men pitch
two or more bundles at time With
out any regard to the way they fall
In the eonveFor. II Is hard work TO
keep the bundles going into the ma
chine in steady stream, with the
heads all pointing IN the right direc-
tIon. but unless this is done II is I'M
possible for the machine to do It's best
work. tiR a e q f ASH
i There Is sometimes tendency TO
crowd q machine 10 the limit and keep
u overloaded most Of the time. This
Is especially true OF large custom ma
chimes. While both the operator of
such n machine and the owners OF the
grain to be thrashed naturally are de-
sirous of finishing each job quickly,
the attempt 30 get as much grain as
pnsslble into the machine. combined
with more or less irregular feeding
which Is almost sure TO accompany II,
will certainly result in a considerable
waste Of grain. The value Of grain
( thus wasted may easily more than OF
set any saving In time effected ny
speeding up the operation of the ma
chine beyond its normal capacity.
/ -4-.. Cleaning the Grain.
The adjustment OF the cleaning
: mechanism and the proper direction
Of the blast from the fan 10 separate
the grain satisfactorily from the chat
calls for more skill on the part OF
tho operator than anything else In
connection with the operation Of q
fhrashing machine. One Of the main
duties Of the man In charge of the sep
urator is to see that the grain is as
nearly free as possible from chat
and weed seeds before II isGdelivereC
from the machine. At the same'timt
he must see that the amount which
goes back in the tallingsr elevator e
he rethrashed Is kept low and tina
the loss occasIOned by grain beini
carried out OF the machine and Int
the stack Is eliminated as nearly Al
possible. The condition OF the grail
and the construction Of differen
makes of machines are so variable
that 1t is impossible to give any def
mite rules in all cases. However, al
operator who knows the function o
each part Of the cleaning mill how 4
make all adjustments, and does every
thing. possible 10 maintain the prope
, speed, should have no great difficult
. in saving practically all the grain an
cleaning Il we'll at the same time.
|, he win examine the machine frequent
w TO see Just how much stun eOc
part Of the cleaning mechanism I
!, handling and the amount aud chal
acter of the tallings. The quantity q
taillngs should be- small and the
, should contain very little plump graf
. and light chaff. se pa
: Probably more grim is wasted froi
. failure to clean up Mt the end OF
setting thanr from any other sing
cause. Just as mucha care should b
:, taken in cleaningiup allthe uutirasl
!. cd straw and loose grain that has "a
cumulated around the machine ms
taken with the rest OF the Job. Eve
with the best OF care considerab
amount of mthrashed straw will n
cumulate around the feeder in II
!, course Of days work. II the stra
. is very dry, considerable grain wi
: shatter, frem the heads as II is belr
:, pitched from the wagons or stacl
1. onto the feeder Small piles of cha
. and straw which contain certal
!, amount Of grain will accumulate
" various other places around the m
y chino. Hnd the maehlne should not
" stopped at the end of the job until n
:, ofithis In pitched Into the cylinder az
" carefully rethrashed.
Q OF course the careless thr0shermr
or farmer may say that the chicken
x or pigs will clean up whr'eyeg Is lie
w In this manner, but practically II Is
/" total loss, aud any machine which
" operated cRrelessly in thls rcspe
y WASTES large amount of grain I'm
e single season.