THRESHING FROM THE STOOK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1296, 6 February 1883, Page 2

THRESHING FROM THE STOOK.

TO'THE EDITOR, Sib,—Will jou kindly allow me a few lines of your valuable paper to. criticise a , few remarka made by your tpeoial reporter re harvesting operations. At the conclusion of his remarks* where he allude to threshing from the stbok as being economical and practicable to the farmer, I disagree with him altogether, as it is tothe farmer's sole, interest to place his crops in the very best condition he poßsibly can into the market, so therefore it > is in almcst all oases impracticable for the v farmer to thresh from the stook, and more so how with this change of weather/ I notice in all-countries as a rule, aiid from experience, that wheat ; or oats that are. allowed to be stacked -and thatched swell to prevent heating in the stftck from rain, for a penod of 8 to 12 weeks, is: well worth to the miller at least 'twopence per bushel more for gristing purposes. Therefore it must follow to be to the farmers' interest alone to avoid threshing from the stook. Of course in the Wairaropa as a rule, the .quantity of. old . grain is. usually ground out by. the miller, and they are therefore waiting' for tl}e' hew grain, yet it remains with them a Rood deal to make threshing fro n tho stook an exception and not a rale. , 'Also the', time has arrived for the millers to commence introducing buying in by the imperial bushel measure, in place of the present standard of 60 lbs or 40 lbs os the; cane may be, allowing ihe inferior article to receive the same price as the superior , sample. With the imperial .bushel the farmer would get the full advantage of his heavy grain per bushel, and the. miller would be more satisfied to pay the extra value on the good samples of wheat,-or oats. Apologising for using so much of your valuable paper, I'am &c., Miller,