Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-02-23
.THREsHING FROM THE STACK
BETTER THAN FROM SHOCK

3THRESHING FROM THE STACK
BETTER THAN FROM SHOCK
!, Good Farm Practice to Stack Because
\. In : Wet Season Quality Of
Nheat 10 Protected.
Wheat generally is threshed from
the shock to avoid the labor and ex-
pense Of stacking. Proper stacking
Of wheat is good practice, however,
and will pay. It is better protection
from the weather and the quality Of
the grain Is usually improved by the
curing process taking place in the
stack. Nearly every farmer will
testify that the quality Of the wheat
Is improved enough to pay for stack
Ing. Il
One Of the main difficulties nowadays
is to secure competent stackers.
The ground selected for the stack
should be well drained High ground
Is generally the best but not essential.
The stacks should be located where
most convenient for threshing or feed
ing or upon thin or poor spots in the
iield. 81
It is good practice to build a plat
form Of old rails. boards, etc, In order
4 to keep the bottom courses of the
ground. Begin, In the middle and
set up the bundles just the same as
IL you were making shock. Stand
the first bundles with the butts down
and as they are added to round and
round, they will begin to lie more
nearly nat. Lay them like shingles
80 that all water may be shed to the
4 outside. Add to your circle until the
stack bottom ,is about ten feet. across.
= Larger than this will be too big after
the bulge Is put on. After few
layers, start the bulge gradually. The
bulge viii probably make the stack
about 16 feet across which is wide
! enough for ordinary pitching.
While the bulge is being built and
until the Stacker begins to draw in, the
middle Of the stack may be kept on a
level with the outer bundles or even
below their level The outer bundles
should be laid without tramping but
the next row inside the outer row,
should be laid tightly and tramped
4 as the bundles are laid.
After the stack has reached the
height Of ten or IL feet, 1t should be
drawn in with each round Of bundles.
4 Keep the center higher from now on.
The bundles should be laid with a
good deal Of pitch to them with the
butt end out and down. The pitch
of these bundles will depend a good
deal upon the condition OF the grain.
Grain that is. very dry Is hard to
stack as 1t slips badly, but ordinarily
there Is no such trouble. Build the
center higher and higher SOFT will top
out nicely. At no time should the
l butts Of the bundles be turned In, as
this wills cause a low place where
Hhe heads lie and will give chance
for spelling. NJ u u. 5
Making rain-proof top that will not
blow on, is the fine art. Sharpen a
pole, push It well down into the top
OF the stack and anchor the top. Some
I atackers use as many as four Of these
poles. Others anchor the stack by
hanging weights by q wire over the
top. IS; ii
Unless q very smooth job Of stack
ing has been done. poles or logs should
.be used for weights rather than stones
as the stones might sink into the
6; sides OF the stack and have little
Il anchorage. It IL best to stack all In
the same place 90 that the thresher
will not have to be moved.
The round stack afIords aagreater
Il storage space for the amount Of sur.
face exposed and sis easier to get out
i IN threshing. ygy sS5S S, 81 \
T It must be remembered that It takes
n u no more labor to bring the shocks to
1 the stack than It would 70 bring them
from the field to the thresller, al.
A though, of course, there Is another
handling. The threshing crew, how.
{ ever, and the number OF teams EN-.
iployed win be greatly reduced.
The pitcher from the load is an I'm.
ri .portant factor as he can make II
either easy 81; hard for the stacker
& IA good fork hand can place his bundles
y accurately at the side OF the stacker
:and In the position desired by him
The stacker usually goes around from
left to right and the pitcher should
place the bundles between the stacker
! and the center Of the stack, general,
with, the butts forward and where thu
\ least effort will be made to place thu
i bundle IN place. Good pitching will
speed up the; work and a good pitcher
aud hts side partner. the stacker, car
almost two stacks to the clums,
ssS hands one. II
& MARQUIS a Y WHEAT (
Wheat raising will always be popular
because It 70 less work than any othel