. The book of wheat : an economic history and practical manual of the wheat industry. whichthe straw is forced through a long air-tight chute by a blast 1 U. S Dept. Asr, Spec. Rept. No. 40, p. 30; Hunt, Cereals inAmerica (1904), 98 THE BOOK OF WHEAT from a fan within the machine. But even with Milowers, asthe latter are called, the straw pile often becomes awkwardlyhigh, and the machine is moved from it. Sometimes the strawis also dragged away by horses hitched to a large rack, an op-eration which is called bucking the straw. The cleanedgrain is delivered from the machine throngh a spo
. The book of wheat : an economic history and practical manual of the wheat industry. whichthe straw is forced through a long air-tight chute by a blast 1 U. S Dept. Asr, Spec. Rept. No. 40, p. 30; Hunt, Cereals inAmerica (1904), 98 THE BOOK OF WHEAT from a fan within the machine. But even with Milowers, asthe latter are called, the straw pile often becomes awkwardlyhigh, and the machine is moved from it. Sometimes the strawis also dragged away by horses hitched to a large rack, an op-eration which is called bucking the straw. The cleanedgrain is delivered from the machine throngh a spout. On thebonanza farms it is run into grain tanks holding about 150bushels, which are hauled to the elevators or railroads, byfour-horse teams. About 30 men are employed with each ma-chine, and they thresh and haul away from 2,000 to 3,000 bushelsper day; 1,300 acres is the minimum capacity of one it will thresh 2,400 acres, 2,500 acres require twomachines, and 6,500 acres require three. Straw is usuallyburned in the engine. During the season of 1903 one of the. SECTION OF A MODERN THRESHING MACHINE largest threshers in Kansas turned out 3,500 bushels of wheatin 9 hours and 45 minutes. This seems to be the usual maxi-mum. Only 4 men are required to operate this machine. Ittakes 18 men and 10 two-horse wagons to biing the shockedwheat to the thresher. The largest amount of wheat which thewriter has found recorded as being threshed in one day is 6,183bushels in 1879. The work was done under the most favorablecircumstances by a steam thresher having a 48-inch cylinder. A complete threshing outfit consists of a traction engine(which also hauls the whole outfit from place to place), aseparator, a straw or coal wagon, a water wagon, a cook-shack, and a sleeping tent. The cook-shack, a product ofthe west, is a small house on wheels which serves as a kitchen> lOth U. S. Census. 3:457. HARVESTING 99 and dining room. In the early fall before it is too cold, themen
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