CHAPTER VI 



LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AND 

 STORAGE 



Field Haulage before Threshing. The first 

 haulage of wheat occurs in the field. The un- 

 threshed wheat must be brought either to the 

 stacks or' to the thresher. In some cases the 



threshing, 

 whether from 

 stack or shock, 

 is done in the 

 farm lot. This 

 is a convenient 

 arrangement, for 

 in most cases 

 the straw can 

 be delivered di- 

 rectly into barns 

 or sheds where it is to be used. It also has an 

 advantage over field threshing in that it delivers 

 the grain nearer the home storage bins or wagon 

 roads. The disadvantage of this system is that 



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FIG. 51. Wheat bundles are bulky to haul. 



