564 Agricidttiral Gazette of N.S. 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 a.m., 

 and is cent inued t h rout; h out the day until about 7 ]i.m. .\ 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 



