THRESHING FROM THE STOCK

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2681, 29 January 1916, Page 8

THRESHING FROM THE STOCK

; When grain i® out for, threshing, tho .•usual plan is to cart the sheaves in from the stooks ; and build stacks in a position convenient for the threshing machine, and for tie employment of the straw afterwards. Occasionally the bl] eaves are ; carted from : the stocks ist'raight to;,fhe threshing machine, which saves handling. " Both methods, however, involve the employment of a number of men, wagons, and. teams; and it is because tbey save that strippers, harvesters, and threshers are.6o coihmonly used in Australia, says an exchange.; - In -'Western' Canada is .employed now a thresher which travels 'down the line of stooks, the sheaves being -thrown upon a projecting table, and' elevated •by a self-feeder. .The thresher is propelled by a powerful gaso- | line angino, an.d the machinery is driven .by : :another engine. ; , Ono mail steers the xnaclrrne. and four men, , pitching in pairsi.are 'enough, to keep the thresher id■ full play.One' pair of; pitchers break 'dowMXstook,'and commence pitching on to the table, when the machine is„10 feet away.--.- The table;- is - low'- down - to the ground/ aiul .little effort ,is required in pitching;'.' ' When' this stook is': finished, the first p?ir ;of r mciy:pass,by the ; otber ,pair,' who - are ' waiting at the next stook, antL get tho third stook ready, 'arid' so' on. In this way the machine' will go the whole length of the paddock without stopping. A large-tank on top holds 50 bushels of grain, and when this is full it is emptied through a spout :into a wagon. ..Besides the five men, a toy for carting-fuel, - water,-; and tucker | 'is'necessary";The straw is not mentioned, so presumably- it-is-scattered over the.-paddock, .to be gathered up by a torse rake afterwards.;, ''