Morris tribune., 1918-07-19
THRESHING PROBLEM
DISCUSSED AT MEETING
Large Crowd Attends Threshers Meet
ing to Consider Threshing
Problems

! Conservation was the key note of
the discussion at the threshermen's
meeting held at the armory Tues
day afternoon. Over two hundred
farmers and tnreshers from all parts
Of Stevens county were present and
much interest was manifested in the
subject under discussion.
r. M. Adams, food administrator
for this county, called the meeting to
order and after giving very fine
patriotic talk he explained the pur-
pose of the meeting. J. HI. Dew
enney, chairman of the labor commit
tee of the county, then took charge
and called for nominations for a
chairman and secretary. S. Lud-
enia was elected as chairman and
L. c. Dorweiler as secretary.
Mr.. Nash, county agent, was then
called on and he explained the many
things that the government expected
of both the threshers and the farm
ers in getting the present crop har-
vested and threshed. A thresher-
mems committee is to be appoined in
each county, consisting of the county
food administrator, the county agent
and one other man, and this commit
tee has the power to set the price to
be charged by the threshers, and they
also have power to settle any ques-
tions which arise between the thresh-
ers and farmers. The committee in
this county is r. M. Adams, Mr..
Nash and F. e. Shepard. Mr..
Shepard did not wish to serve, on
this committee, but it was impossible
to secure man actually engaged in
threshing as no one wanted to give
the work his time, which by the way
is done without compensation. This
committee has to inspect every
threshing rig in the county and re-
ceive all reports of threshers not do
ing good job.
Mr.. Nash in his talk explained that
the government insisted on his send
ing in report of all grain thresh-
ed and the number of acres which
we're planted to grain. A report on
wheat threshed must be made once
a month, but on other grains just at
the end Of the season. The thresh-
ermen will keep these records and
turn them in to Mr.. Nash. The idea
of this report is so that the govern
ment can keep track of the wheat
and other grain in the country and
thus find out the available food sup
ply.
At the business session the matter
of price to be charged for threshing
was discussed at considerable length
and finally the farmers met in. one
room and the threshers in another
to consider the matter. M. Mahoney
and Henry Dahm reported that the
price agreed on was to be &c for
oats and barley, sc for wheat and 10c
for fax. The threshermen's COM
mittee, consisting of Matt Ehlen,
Tom Mclaughlin and Harry Britt,
reported that they had decided on
&c for oats, sc for barley, &c for
wheat and 15c for fax. This showed
that neither committee had agreed
on the price so they both met togeth-
er and tried to adjust the price sat-
isfactory to all. This they could not
do and no definite agreement was
reached on this point, when the meet
ing adjourned. The threshermen's
committee of the county afterwards
met and decided on a price Of &c for
oats and barley, &c for wheat and
12c for fax. That means that this
is the maximum price that may be
charged, but If farmers can get their
threshing done for less they are per-