. Rural school agriculture . the seed grain may be selected fromthe whole harvest. bushel of Kentuckey Blue Grass seed weighs 14 pounds. Inorder that the weights for the different seeds may be the all parts of the state, the weight per bushel of all classes ofseeds has been fixed by law. When a farmer sells his grain atthe mill or elevator the number of bushels he has on his load isdetermined by the weight. For example: The farmer takes aload of wheat to the mill. The miller weighs the load and findsthat it weighs pounds. The farmer unloads the wheat andthe miller weighs the wago
. Rural school agriculture . the seed grain may be selected fromthe whole harvest. bushel of Kentuckey Blue Grass seed weighs 14 pounds. Inorder that the weights for the different seeds may be the all parts of the state, the weight per bushel of all classes ofseeds has been fixed by law. When a farmer sells his grain atthe mill or elevator the number of bushels he has on his load isdetermined by the weight. For example: The farmer takes aload of wheat to the mill. The miller weighs the load and findsthat it weighs pounds. The farmer unloads the wheat andthe miller weighs the wagon. It weighs 1,200 pounds. 5,400 pounds equals weight of load. 1,200 pounds equals weight of wagon. 4,200 pounds equals weight of wheat. Wheat weighs 60 pounds per bushel. 4,200 divided by 60gives 70, or the number of bushels of wdieat. Thus it is easy to tell how many bushels he had on the load. i6 RURAL SCHOOL AGRICULTLRE FANNING MILL SELECTION: A SECTION OF A FANNING MILL SHOWING ARRANGEMENTS OFSIEVES AND DIVIDING ■Sii>e-Shaki: , Fort Sp;rARATixG Seeh (thain. Screen No. 1 slmnld be just coarse enongh to let the grain through. Itis used simply to run off sticl<s and straw. Board No. 2 carries the grainbackward in the mill, so as to let it drop through the blast at one place. Thelight kernels are blown past tlie end of screen No. 3 the heavier kernels fallon screen No. .3. Board No. 2 may be moved forward or back ward to throwa large or small per cent of grain on scr^^eu No. 3, as desired. Screen No. 3should be coarse enough to let the small kernels through onto screen No. is adjustable as to slant and may be moved forward or backward to regu-late the amount of grain it will catch. Screen No. 4 is fine enough to carrynearly all of the grain over into market grain. Any side shake mill may befixed up in this way. Separation by weight cannot be made with the endshake mills, but the large kernels can be separated from the small ones inany proportion desi
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