Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-21
Teach 7hrashermen
How to Save Grain

Grain saving last year filled H.
900. 900 two-bushel sacks with whes'
which otherwise would have been vast
ed in straw stacks or over feIds. 10
increase this conservation record TINS
year and 10 facilitate more efficient OPP
Grafton OF thrashing machines the ue'
partment OF agriculture. in cooperation
with the directors of extension work
in state agricultural colleges, VIII con-
duct schools OF three and four days
for thrashermen. Instruction VIII IN
clude studies Of the proper operation,
adjustment, repair and maintenance OF
separators and gas and steam engines
Approximately $50, 900 thrnshing ma
chimes are In the United states. Man!
owners are not thoroughly experienced
in their management and repair. All
are expected &c be Benefited " they az
tend the thrashermen's schools In their
localities. Every thrasheimarf VINO IL
interested n saving grain. reducing
idle time when his machine Is out NJ
commission. and frightening the ac-
tive service of his separator, should
attend a thrasherman's school, where
he will be taught the when. why. where
and how of operating thrashing out
fit and keeping II IN the pink OF worN-
ing condition.
Schools Precede Thrashing Season.
The first school was 10 be opened in
the Salt River Valley OF Arizona
about the middle Of May. With the
ripening OF .he grain and the approach
of the thrashing season, the movement
Of these schools northward will be rap
ia, so that in nearly every instance
thrashing school is to convene in a GER
tain locality sufficiently in advance of
the actual thrashin- season 10 give To-
cal operators opportunity 10 practice
what they learn.
The rural engineering division OF the
United state department OF agriculture
will supervise these schools. In each
state the director Of extension, with his
corps Of assistants. will have active
charge. while Uncle Sam n supervi-
sor will co. ordinate the work and in
troduce from one section I" another the
features OF outstanding IMPORTANCE,
Subjects To Be Covered.
The purpose is primarily TO Improve
thrashing conditions. Instruction Will
cover the theory OF The separator. the
operation. car and adjustment Of the
machine. ana sufficient laboratory
work TO give students skill in adjust
ing and operating. Il * contemplated
to hold schools Immediately after or
prior 10 the one Gay grain s1andarii-
cation schools, directed by The federal
departments 1urcnU Of markets.
Necessity for practical education -
American thrashermen was brought
ont strikingiy by results in Minnesota
last year recording the NORMAL waste
OF grain in thra shing. Comprehensive
tests, which included the work OF the
more than $500 machines in the GO
pher state, showed that the average
avoidable loss in thrashins wheat was
4.62 bushels q day, worth approximate
~ 1854: while the avoidable loss in
thrashing oats was 81 bushels daily.
worth then 1916. Some Of the separa-
tors wasted as much as fifty bushels
Of wheat a day. worth. on the basis OF
the October market, s103. twenty-five
per cent OF all the machines tested in
Minnesota showed avoidable. loss. due
TO the machines being out OF repair or
improperly adjusted. OF fifteen bushels
day Therefore. Minnesota is today
staunch advocate Of teaching thrash
ermen the three R's-running. repair
ing and readjusting their thrashjng
outfits