Highways and byways of the Pacific coast . e wereseveral ways to do the thrashing. Perhaps the common-est was for a feller to get on a saddle horse and leadanother and go round and round over the grain. Iverode a horse like that a many a day thrashing. Some-times a yoke of cattle would be driven around insteadof horses. Often a post was set up in the middle of thecircle with a long arm to it, and the horses hitched tothe end of that and set to goin. From time to timewed stop to turn the sheaves or to throw out the straw,rake the grain into a heap in the center of the circleand put down more sh
Highways and byways of the Pacific coast . e wereseveral ways to do the thrashing. Perhaps the common-est was for a feller to get on a saddle horse and leadanother and go round and round over the grain. Iverode a horse like that a many a day thrashing. Some-times a yoke of cattle would be driven around insteadof horses. Often a post was set up in the middle of thecircle with a long arm to it, and the horses hitched tothe end of that and set to goin. From time to timewed stop to turn the sheaves or to throw out the straw,rake the grain into a heap in the center of the circleand put down more sheaves to tramp. 242 Highways and Byways of the Pacific Coast Now Ive got to git to work, and I want twentydollars from you. The information Ive given is worththat, aint it ? Note.—To see the Oregon farm country, probably one could notdo better than to explore the Willamette Valley south of the agricultural point of view this is a very attractive regionand you will find much to please you in soil, crops, climate and XII ALONG THE COLUMBIA THE Columbia is one of the biggest of Americanrivers, and in time of flood it has a flow greaterthan is ever attained by either the St. Lawrenceor the Mississippi. Its lower course, especially, isbroad and impressive, and a great highway for com-merce and travel. At the mouth, the river is two milesacross. Here, a short distance back from the sea, JohnJacob Astor in 1811 established a trading post. Heselected a spot where the south shore dipped inward alittle and a cove gave slight shelter. This did verywell as a site for a village cluster, but for a large townlike the present Astoria it has disadvantages. Theshores nearly everywhere rise from the waters edge ina steep hillside, and the place clings along this declivityfor several miles. It is very odd—the way the buildingslift one above the other, and you are surprised by thesharp rise of the streets and by the numerous stairwaysthat give approach to the upper tiers
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