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Show MOID WASTEAT " THRASHING TIME Many Little Leaks Result In Total To-tal Loss of Many Millions of Bushels Each Year. 1 1 MACHINES HEED ADJUSTING Estimated ToUl 8avlno In Dakotas, Minnesota and Montana Placed r.t 21,903,600 Dushels Tloht. Bottom Wagons Deet Trobnbly tho most Important Indirect Indi-rect menns for Increasing production Is tho nvoldnnco of wnstc. This should lio homo In mind with regard to whent nt thrashing time. This operation Bhould be conducted with tho greatest rare, aim measures should lie taken to seo that ns little grain ns imsslble Is lost or allowed to escnpo through faulty operation of the mnchlnes or un-wlso un-wlso methods of thrnxlilng. This yenr thoro Is a particular necessity for n more enreful hnndllng of tho grain In tho fields nnd In thrnshliiij to increase tho production. Observations mndo by spcclnllsU of tho United Stntes department of ngrl-culturo ngrl-culturo fihow that n surprising nmount of whent Is wasted In the thrashing operation. In North Dakotn, for Instance, In-stance, tho average waste a dny on nbout 20 per cent of the rigs In operation opera-tion wns 14.0.1 bushels for each rig. After testing I no machine nnd making adjustments thin loss wns cut down to 4.03 bushels n dny, or n saving of 10.00 bushels, with n tntnl saving of 1,000,-000 1,000,-000 bushels In tho entire stato for (he senson. More Than 21,500,000 Bushels Saved. In .South Dnkntn the testing nnd readjustment re-adjustment of the mnchlnes effected a saving of ia'l bushels n day on 18 tier cent of tho machines tested, or 1,500,- 000 bushels for tho state. In Montana, through proper adjustment of the machines ma-chines and nvoldnnco of wnsle, tho saving sav-ing on 10 per cent of the rigs was 700.. I " - - -t d&ii-e The Blanket Test A Waste of 8 Pints of Oram Out of Every 211 Bushels Thrashed Reduced to 1 Pint After Readjustment of Machine. 023 bukhcls for the season; nnd In Minnesota, Min-nesota, on f'i per cent of tho rigs, 1,000.000 bushels. The estimated totnl saving fori!! states In which tho work was carried on wns 21,:i0:i,000 bushels. This movement should Interest belli tbrashermen nnd farmers. Tho thrash-ennnn thrash-ennnn by menns of the tests Is butter able to check up tho work being done by Ids machine nml van turn out more grain n dny, which menns mora money both to himself nnd to the farmer-After farmer-After the faults of tho mnchlno are onco locr.ted and corrected It is nn easy matter to check up occasionally and keep Ihe machine running with the lenst waste. The farmer can snvo n gront deal of grain ny me munwing unctuous: 11 dicing dic-ing the shock rows; using tight-bottom bundle yugons for shock thrashing; by n careful and thorough cleim-up uround the mnchlno nud Ihq use of 11 largo ennvns spronil on tho ground under the feeder tn catch the grain which shutters shut-ters nut In tho process of feeding nud Hint which leuks out around tho float end of tho mnchlno. As to raking the scatterings along the t-hock rowu In Wisconsin one Held of ! acres gao n )lcld of llU'i bushels. In OUIahoiun P0 acres gnvo 110 bushels In one caso nnd In another 70 acres gave R5 bushels. bush-els. Okhhnmn reported a saving of fi.00.1 bushels for the raking of scattering scatter-ing on 114 farms. Kiiiimis reported n saving of H4 bushels nn ncre, nnd Illinois Illi-nois one-half bushel an acre. Tlght.Bottom Wajons Prevent Waste. The use of tight-bottom bundle wag. nns In North Dakota saved between ! 000 and S00 bushels In thrashing 2,000 acres. In Wisconsin It Ih estimated that 280,000 bUbhels woro stwed by tight-bottom wagons. Tho Idea nf using tho canvas on tho ground under the feeder not only eaves grain but saves time on tho clonn-up, nnd should cortnlnly bo considered by both thrash-ermeu thrash-ermeu nnd fanners. a ery definite notion of tho nmount of grain wasted about tho rig may bo hail from making 11 so-culled blanket test. This consists of siirrrijdhiS; t sheet of canvas or other RlllJnltlK,, nbout 18 by 21 feeWn afenfjfvAft. to tie Mucker of,; tlTT""'60 SwM chine. A mrn U V of the vihlua " - - y r ' :f V- 1 WMMMMMMMNMIMMMMHII IHU UP HJIWIBWnwWBHW 2oSH vice. Immedlntely after n trip of tlrn 'Hi weigher, drop tho hood, so thnt nil (ho Wm straw, etc., pnsses on to tho sliest rafl Allow the straw to deposit there until v1H tho welglilng dovlce trips five com- v Ptote times, ludlcntlng thnt the mn- Mmm chine hns thrashed 2 bushels. Vra mMM a fork to minnow off the straw from MmM tho ennvns, shaking ns much as pes- mm slblu for any wheat thnt may bo tn it. $mM This leaves 11 mnss of wnnll pnrtlclcs , aflS of straw nnd chaff nnd whent on tho vSF sheet. Use tho screen to sift olt the M lljP small pnrtlclcs of straw nnd put mUr through a fanning mill to blow out tho Jl 17 ' chuff, leaving tho quantity of whent lif that hns been wasted. Mensure this In jffl c' pint niPtmure. One pint gleaned In lids 13 , ft operntlon might bo considered unavold- JH f ablo waste ; two pints, poor operation, 4m 'V to be corrected nt tho enrllost opportu- S 1 nltyj nnd threo pints or mow wasteful a l9 practice, and tho mnchlno closed down n S until Improvement Is obtained. , J Watch Mnchlno Closely. - j fAJ Tn tho middle West, whero more - K molsturo prevntls, tho ndjuntment of J B the machine should bo watched closely ' B throughnut tho dny. In the morning fmm the grain Is npt to be moist nud not , ml easily shelled. If the machine Is nil. " Justed to ovrcoma this condition It Wm should ho readjusted In tho afternoon H to provide for tho dryer condition of mM tllA rrMiln It ...it ntllilatn.1 tn mn.f - BH tho changing condition grain will bo 1 wanted. iH 'Thjrnshtug Is looked upon generally H us n very dlstnstoful operation. Tlds fact Is to Mnmo.for wnsto In ninny In- mM stnneei. Tho runner Is nnxlous to H have It over with nnd speeds up tile jW work ns much ns possible, Ilnsto jH uuikes wnsto In thrashing in many WM W'mjh. Cur'e should bo taken In pitch- ,H lug from tho wngnn. If tho mnchlno WM Is fed too fast or cnietessly, It can- mm not funrttnn properly. tjl Prubahly more grain Is wtisted from l failure tn clean up nt tho end of n H selling thnn from nny otlje.r single Mmm cause, .lust ns much cure should be H token In cleaning up nil tho un ,H thrashed straw and loose grain that WM lias nccumulnted nround tho mnchlno WM ns hns ieen taken with the rest of the WM Jolii Kven with tho best of care n on- "lH sldcrnhle nmount of uulhrnshcd straw WM will nccumulato nround the feeder In jH tho course nf tho day's work. If the WM straw Is very dry tmuli grain will shnt- ' MW tor from the heads as It Is being ;H pitched from lio wngous or slacks onto H the feeder. H |