The Hawaiian forester and agriculturist . cuts a swath five feet wide,but machines making six and seven-foot cuts are commonlyused in the Southern rice belt. Two to three strong horsesare required to draw the smaller machines, while as many aslive horses are used to the larger machines, depending uponthe stand of grain and condition of the ground. One man drives and operates the harvester, which cuts thestanding grain at any desired heighth, gathers it into bundlesof desired size and ties each securely with a band of manilatwine, collects the bundles in a carrier and dumps them in pilesof thre
The Hawaiian forester and agriculturist . cuts a swath five feet wide,but machines making six and seven-foot cuts are commonlyused in the Southern rice belt. Two to three strong horsesare required to draw the smaller machines, while as many aslive horses are used to the larger machines, depending uponthe stand of grain and condition of the ground. One man drives and operates the harvester, which cuts thestanding grain at any desired heighth, gathers it into bundlesof desired size and ties each securely with a band of manilatwine, collects the bundles in a carrier and dumps them in pilesof three, four or five. A man or two following shocks thebundles to dry and cure. The binding mechanism on the modern self-binder is a mar-vel to all first beholders. As the cut grain falls upon the plat-form canvas, it is delivered to the binding attachment, be-tween the elevator canvases,—the butts of grain are evened asthe packers quickly gather the grain into bundles, and thecurved needle darts in a half-circle round the tig^htly clasped. 329 ^^1^1ikrvr:A.: imfliat: ^B bundles, a perfect knot is tied and the well-rounded sheaf isdischarged to the carrier from where it is dropped to theground at the will of the operator. Under favorable conditions, the five-foot cut machine willcover five to eight acres a day, which is equivalent to thehand labor of twenty-five to forty men. While not adapted to all Hawaiian rice fields, our last trialhas demonstrated that on such lands as can be drained sufficientlyto permit of horses keeping a comfortable foothold, the mod-ern self-binding harvester can be made a useful aid as a timeand labor saver. Very truly yours, F. G. KRAUSS,In Charge of Hawaii Rice Investigation. BY AUTHOBITY. ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION. In accordance with the custom inaugurated last year of setting apartu day for the promotion of forest growth, I hereby designate Friday,November 2, 1906, as Arbor Day for the Territory of Hawaii, recom-mending that appropriate exercises be he
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