GROWING GRAIN CROPS IN DRY AREAS 235 



is left in sacks, which are dumped on the ground from 

 the platform of the machine as threshed. The sacks are 

 then gathered and drawn to the railroad station to be 

 carried by rail to the place of shipment or of final use. 

 The dry harvest conditions make this method of han- 

 dling grain entirely practicable. 



HARVESTING 600 ACRES TURKEY RED WHEAT WITH A COM- 

 BINED HARVESTER IN ROSEBUD COUNTY, MONTANA. 

 Courtesy Northern Pacific Railway Co. 



Where the crop is threshed from the shock, the work 

 is usually done by machines which go from place to 

 place. Some of these take their own crews along with 

 them with board and lodging. This method of thresh- 

 ing is very convenient for the farmer, but it is usually 

 costly because of the prices charged. It will doubtless 

 be found economical for several farmers to combine and 

 buy a small thresher and do their own threshing. 



