. North Dakota .. . April on land whichhas been plowed the fall before or which has beenin a cultivated crop the previous year. The wheat requires no further attention untilharvest time. A man and four horses will cut andbind fifteen to twenty acres of wheat a day; anotherman will shock it up. After a period of ten days ortwo weeks it is ready for the threshing this machine is provided by the man whomakes a specialty of that business. He providesmachinery and labor, including board for men andteams. The men are fed in a cook car which ishauled from farm to farm, thus saving the
. North Dakota .. . April on land whichhas been plowed the fall before or which has beenin a cultivated crop the previous year. The wheat requires no further attention untilharvest time. A man and four horses will cut andbind fifteen to twenty acres of wheat a day; anotherman will shock it up. After a period of ten days ortwo weeks it is ready for the threshing this machine is provided by the man whomakes a specialty of that business. He providesmachinery and labor, including board for men andteams. The men are fed in a cook car which ishauled from farm to farm, thus saving the farmwomen from the heavy burden of extra work. Allthe farmer has to do is to haul the threshed grainaway from the machine. The average machine willthresh about 2,000 bushels of wheat per day, thusrapidly cleaning off the small grain fields. If thefield is within three miles of an elevator it is usuallyhauled direct to the elevator. At greater distancethe grain is run directly into a bin from the spout NORTH DAKOTA.
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