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old method of threshing grain was by the treading of 

 animals, but bread made from wheat threshed in this 

 manner would not be salable today. Women are no 

 longer required to do heavy field work as they did at 

 one time. The working day has fewer hours and the 

 wages of the farm-worker has increased many fold. 

 "All intelligent expert observation," says Dodge, 

 "declares it beneficial. It has relieved the laborer of 

 much drudgery; made his work lighter and his hours of 

 service shorter; stimulated his mental faculties; given 

 equilibrium of effort to mind and body; made the laborer 

 a more efficient worker, a broader man and a better 

 citizen." 



Fig. 178. The modern harvester cuts, bundles, binds and deposits in 

 piles ready for shocking. 



