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FARMERS BULLETIN. 



HARVESTING. 



The harvesting of the rice crop is an operation which can be performed 

 either with the sickle, the cradle or the reaper, and binder (figs. 11, 12, 

 and 13). Whenever it is possible to use a reaper and binder one of the 



FIG. 11. Rice sickle. 



FIG. 12. Cradle for harvesting rice or other grain. 



greatest expenses in rice growing is reduced to a minimum. With the use 

 of this machine and six mules a man can reap from 8 to 12 acres a day. 

 Unfortunately it is not every field which can be reaped with a twine V 



