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since, when the wheat is cut, it is not dry enough 

 to be threshed. It frequently is not dry enough 

 even to be put into stacks. In this region it has 

 been found that the best results are obtained by 

 allowing the wheat to become thoroughly dry in 

 the shock. This fact accounts for the almost 



universal use of the self-binder in Canada. 



Courtesy Canadian Pacific Railroad. 

 FIG. 1 1 6. Harvesting wheat in Canada. 



Threshing the Grain. - The wheat is hauled 

 from the shocks to the steam threshers. The 

 sizes of the machines vary greatly. Some have a 

 daily capacity of 3000 or more bushels, others less 

 than a thousand. The threshers are usually not 

 owned by the individual farmers, but by some 

 farmer in the neighborhood who hires his farm work 

 done while he devotes his time to running the 

 threshing machine. A careful and businesslike 

 operator may make money in this way. Generally 



