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SMALL GRAINS 



Wheat is almost universally harvested with self-binders (Figs. 

 151 and 152). The ancient method was as shown in figure 153. 

 The bundles are placed in small shocks properly capped to ex- 

 clude the rain, and allowed to pass through a curing process. 



FIG. 



formerly cut with a cradle. An expert cradler could 

 acres per day. (F. A. Waugh.) 



FIG. 154. The modern thrasher removes the grain from straw and fans out the dust and 

 chaff. The straw is usually blown through a pipe to the stack. (I. H. Co.) 



Two common practices are in vogue: (1) The grain may be 

 thrashed directly from the shocks without stacking. This saves 

 the labor of stacking, but the quality of grain is usually not so 

 good. (2) The grain may be placed in stacks and left for one or 



