The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-13
STACKING WHEAT LOST
ART, FARMERS SAY
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/ the sheaves lying flat and the heads
/ In. There are some stackers who
/ get down on their knees and uso
/ their hands lot In building u
stack, hut Dilworth stacks all the
time with pitchfork excepting
when he is knitting the top together
and he tramps the shcavcs down
with his feet
~ stack differently from almost
everyone else" he says, when IL
comes TO putting ON tho bulge that
is built on top of the base. AZ u dis
tancc of four to six feet from the
ground, 70" | always place the wheat
heads cut ln building this portion ~
the stack. whereas. nearly all others
Keep the head In all the time. Nat.
urally tho heads when out droup
over the sides. tending To do more so
tho longer they llc and these form
a watershed that protects them and
the whole stack ~ well. when I
begin pyramiding from tho bulge
toward the top ! place the heads In
again"
Engaged Ahead for Next season.
Stacking wheat got In the discard
through the habit, followed by prac-
tically all farmers throughout this
wheat belt. of throshing direct from
the shock and within u short time
after cutting. Naturally they have
considered IL unnecessary to stack,
believing II just an added burden
nud cost. The rule is that there ls
no rain, or but little during the hnr-
vest period In this section Of the
country. but all rules have been
broken recently by the weather
man, and there have been excessive
rains during the harvest period.
both In 1891 and this year II has
been impossible to thrcsh during
these rainy periods ana the wheat la
the shock has been damaged to a
great extent. both years, and In some
instances practically ruined, the
farmers losing n big portion OF their
wheat money as result.
Dllworth is engaged now for next
season by several farmers to do their
stacking for them, and In several In
stances they have requested him to
teach their sons the art. lio be-
lieves that stacking the wheat im7
medlately after cutting win become
universal again throughout this en-
tire belt The added cost is moth
ing compared with the chance OF
losing the crop or at least having Il
greatly damaged, On bottom farms.
whore the heavy rains brought the
streams to flood stage. II iB nothing
unusual 10 see n farmers wheat
crop caught in barbwire fences
whore 1t was washed by the water,
and ne was lucky II II did not go
down stream.
The story is told OF one man, llv-
ing in northwestern Kay county,
who did not have an acre OF whcat
last year. yet nc thrcshcd several
hundred bushels. with long handled
pltchforks. he and his sons inter
cepted the ncighbors' wheat sheaves
as they came down n creek that
crosses his farm and In this wny
they salvagcd Il good sized crop.
Had mn Illinois Training.
John Orr OF Beaver township,
who ls as highly regarded as n wheat
stacker In northeastern Kay county
az Dilworth IL in western, says
he got his training IN the stacking
line while growing to manhood on
nm Illinois farm In Cass county,
near Chandlcrville, Up to 10 days
ago, Orr had stacked for seven
straight weeks this season and still
had several jobs ahead. Both he
In