. The cereals in America. HARVESTING WHEAT I07 rhey are manufactured in a number of styles, but in theii essential features they are nearly all practically identical. It differs from the reaper in having a reel to bring the grain against the cutter bar and deposit it on the platform. This reel is attachable at the will of the operator while the machine is in motion. The cut grain is conveyed on an endless canvas to an elevator consisting of t^vo endless canvases which de- posit the grain on the opposite side of the drive wheel, where it is packed into a trim bundle and automatically bound with
. The cereals in America. HARVESTING WHEAT I07 rhey are manufactured in a number of styles, but in theii essential features they are nearly all practically identical. It differs from the reaper in having a reel to bring the grain against the cutter bar and deposit it on the platform. This reel is attachable at the will of the operator while the machine is in motion. The cut grain is conveyed on an endless canvas to an elevator consisting of t^vo endless canvases which de- posit the grain on the opposite side of the drive wheel, where it is packed into a trim bundle and automatically bound with tsvine. The binding device operates as often as the pressure of the increasing bundle trips it The size of the bundle is there- fore determined by regulating the pressure required to trip the binder. Binders are made which cut different widths, the standard width being six feet. Three horses are used with the six- foot cut, and an ordinary day's work is from ten ^u u ^ The header. to tr^enty acres, depending upon many factors, the most important of which are the yield and the condition of the straw. 165. The Header.—The header and the combined han-ester can be used only where the climate is such as to permit har- vesting the wheat after it is fully ripe and thoroughly dry, and hence are in use only in the western half of the United States. Instead of cutting the wheat near the ground, they merely head it, leaving the bulk of the straw standing in the field. The header conveys the headed grain to the side of the machine and elevates it so that it is deposited in a wagon driven along- side to receive it The grain is either immediately carried to a threshing machine or first put in stacks and subsequently Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927. New York, O.
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