. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. 564 Agricidttiral Gazette of IF. [Hay 2, 1908. ? of u c'oiiili llif ii|ic l•al•^ (if wheat (?(HiiiiiL: witliiii I'cacli of the iiiuehiiie are gathci-cil ami d i i-cclci| to the cut 1 i iig-plate, whei'i^ the lieater-dniiii cuts tlioiii fi-(iiii the straw and thi-ashr> tlie LiTaiii nut; at the same time tlie j^raiu \\ilh the chaff and a small (|iiaiitiiy of >li-a\\ is deposited in a box- like rei'c])t aele at the hack of the inaehiiK'. Thi- l)o.\ holds about ."< bushels of gr
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. 564 Agricidttiral Gazette of IF. [Hay 2, 1908. ? of u c'oiiili llif ii|ic l•al•^ (if wheat (?(HiiiiiL: witliiii I'cacli of the iiiuehiiie are gathci-cil ami d i i-cclci| to the cut 1 i iig-plate, whei'i^ the lieater-dniiii cuts tlioiii fi-(iiii the straw and thi-ashr> tlie LiTaiii nut; at the same time tlie j^raiu \\ilh the chaff and a small (|iiaiitiiy of >li-a\\ is deposited in a box- like rei'c])t aele at the hack of the inaehiiK'. Thi- l)o.\ holds about ."< bushels of grain and its aeeoin|ian \ i ng eliaff. V\ hiU the liox is full the machine is taken to a convenient place in the |iaddock and thei'e emptieil. Here a winnower oi- cleaner is situateil : ihc mixiure of grain, cavings, and straw is jHit through this winnower, whicli cleans the wheat and h;\<ss it i-eady for market. In fair erojts, one winnower with four men to work it and. Emptying the Stripper. sew the b:;L:s will kec|) two strijipers goiim. In som;' ca>es the winnower is driven by a hoi'se-tread power, and then (uie winnowei' keeps as many as Hve stripjiers goiuLi'. Stripping stai-ls in the UKU'iiing about S , and is cent inued t h rout; h out the day until about 7 ] .\ man with t wo three-liorsi' teams, each team workiuLi about thi.'e hours at a time, will stri]") in a fail ci'op about Id aii;>, yielding from -tO to 4") bags (180 bushels) per day. Cases are conunon where over .^l> bags (•?'20 bushels) are stripped in a da v. ami one case is kimwn where one didver with hi> machine stripped !>() bai^s (over -S.^ I bushels) iu one day. The "Stripper Harvester" is another Australian invention, and an improvement on the'simple stripper. Hiiilt in as part of the machine is .a winnowinu' attachinetit. on t-o which the tlira>h.'d but undeaned grain. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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