386 THE WHEAT CULTURIST. 



The sheaves are pitched on one side, near the middle. 

 It will be easier for both the mower and the man who 

 pitches the sheaves to the mower, if he will work from 

 each end toward the middle of the mow, instead of mow 

 ing from the middle to the end of the course of sheaves. 

 The advantages will be perceived as soon as these direc 

 tions are observed. The mower should always work 

 toward the pitcher. The man who pitches can make 

 very hard work for a mower by throwing the sheaves 

 wrong end first ; or he can facilitate the labor of mow 

 ing, simply by the exercise of a little skill in turning the 

 bundles as he pitches them, so that every one will fall 

 directly before the mower, with the heads where they 

 should be. 



In order to mow sheaves neatly, and thus be able to 

 get as much grain as possible into a given space, the 

 mower should move on his hands and knees, placing the 

 sheaves as closely together as they can be crowded. 

 Sometimes sheaves can be kept closer to each other by 

 placing a sheaf say ten inches distant from the one be 

 neath the knees of the mower, and then by crowding 

 another bundle between two sheaves and placing the 

 knees on it. By adopting this method a much larger 

 amount of grain can be mowed in a given space than 

 if the sheaves be put in the mow in a perfunctory man 

 ner. When barn room is scarce, it is important to know 

 how to make a limited amount of space subserve a given 

 purpose. 



THE CAYUGA-CHIEF REAPER. 



The Cayuga-Chief represented by the cut is a com 

 bined two-wheeled machine. It can be changed in a 

 few moments from a mower to a reaper. The cutter- 



