Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-09
CANADIANS SEE
GRAIN CLEANER
Prominent Agronon1ists I'm
pressed by new Device Be
ing Tried Out Here.

ing Tried Out Here.
Enthusiasm w the p%ossibiNtiee Of
an attachment for threshins machines
which will 90 much to solve the weed
and dockage problem fol. grain farm
ers was expressed by a party of Cana
dams In Grand Forks. Friday. The
party included j.. H. Evans, deputy
minister Of agriculture in the Domin-
ION, P. j. CollSer.. director &<of the
United Grain Growers of Canada, and
MISS Cora e. Hind, commercial and
agricultural editor 81 the Free Press
at Manitoba. i3ar
The dembnstration was made on the
farm Of Jaln1er HERE. in Tratll coun-
t. by Robert H. Black. head of the
grain cleaning division of Nthe United
States department of agriculture. The
Canadian party came ep~eSforithe ex~
press purpose Of se9ing the demon.
stration. ~
Each n Of the. visitors. comment.
ed on the remarkable performance OF
the device, which was put to a par
ticularly difficult test Friday.
Mr.. Evans, who was here as a rep
resentative of the Canadian govern
ment, was so impressed with the
demonstration that he requested' the
immediate shipment Of a model to his
department to be used for d~elnonstra-
tion purposes. Hes said the principle
OF the attachment was sound and that
he was convinced it, could be put into
profitable practice.
Having spent more than 20 years
of actual york with threshing ma
chimes in actual operation. Mr.. Evans
said he could see the immense value
OF the device. . .r =
u Collyer Secs Saving.
Mr.. Collyer, who Is also a man with
many years of practical experience
with t%hreshing machines. was partic-
ularly confident Of the future value
of h attachment.
He pointed out that with the grain
cleaned on the field by this device
the grain farmer would be saved, not
only dockage. but also the expense
of hauling to the station and the pay
Ing OF freight on weed. seed which
was entire waste as far as he was
concerned. He said. however. that this
waste has a definite value as feed,
and that with a feasible method for
cleaning wheat OH the farm the farm
er was not only saved dockagc. but
the necessity Of paying freight to strip
potential feed away from the farm. !.
Mr.. Collyer said he was\very favor
ably impressed with the demonstra-
ton made by Mr.. Black.
Miss Hind. who is widely known,
particularly throughout the Dominion,
as a commercial and agricultural
writer. has just completed a tour of
the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchc-
wan and Alberta, travelling more thar
1000 miles. !
Canadian Grain Estimates,
She estimates that the wheat yield
for these three provinces will be APP
proximately 81. 600, 900 bushels from
a total acreage of 20, 500. 300. She pre-
diets than the wheat in Manitoba will
run % bushels to the acre. II 1-2
bushels in Saskatchewan and Ia bush
els in Alberta, which has been very
DIRK.
Miss Hind commented on the fact
that carload lots of caulif1ower raised
In the vicinity of Winnipeg are being
shipped daily to Chicago. These
CT u1if1ower. Mr.. Collyer said in com
menting on her statement. rank as
high in quality as those raised in
Holland.
Nature Of the Device.
The government grain cleaner is
an improved model of n tried out
by the department last fall on the
Saumur farm near Grand Forks, and
which, attracted favorable attention
through its simplicity and chcapness
of operation and efficiency in re-
moving foreign matter from grain
without the need of additional man
ual labor.
D@-~..ll:-~ r-.-.
disk, each of a series Of disks hav-
ing on It's side a number of little holes
or pockets. The machine rests in a
trough on top of the thresher,
through which the grain passes> on
its way from the weigher to the wag-
on box.
When the machine is. in operation
the disks revqlve in the trough. the
little pockets picking out the various
sized kernels and placing them in
separate sections. The. clean grain
the wild oats, mustard and other for
eign seeds pass into sacks or in a pile
for removal later.
The same power that operates the
thresher runs the cleaner. The eX-
ira power needed is said to be not
more than one horse which in most
cases represents but a part OF the
threshing engines surplus after car.
ing for the separator.
Although the government men in
charge Of the. experiments are conf
dent of the machines practicability
before making. any further improve.
merits. it is their desire to haye it al
nearly perfect as possible before rec.
ommending it for general commercial,
sale.
The principle of the cleaner is not
new. ut being the same as of ma
chimes used to clean grain in flou,
mills; what vas required Of the gov
ernment, however. was q cleaner de.