CHAPTER IX. 

 THE STRAW STACKERS. 



, HE demands of the farmers in various local- 

 ities for a means of handling straw, espec- 

 ially suited to their particular needs, has led 

 to the designing and building of several dif- 

 ferent devices for this purpose. 



Common Stackers. This is the name 

 given to the plain straw carriers which do 

 not swing. Ordinarily they are attached to the separator 

 and are hoisted and lowered by means of a rope and wind- 

 lass. The short lengths are usually in one section, but the 

 longer ones are jointed so they may be folded for transporta- 

 tion. Being pivoted to the separator at a point near the 

 ground, a common stacker is level when its end is not more 

 than three feet from the ground. Therefore, the straw will 

 be dropped nearer and nearer to the separator as the stacker 

 is elevated. This tendency of the end of the stacker to 

 draw away from the stack must be allowed for in locating 

 the stack, which must be placed sufficiently under the stacker 

 so that when elevated, the straw will be dropped well onto 

 the stack. Parts may be obtained for converting any "Case" 

 common stacker into a "side-stacker" for delivering the straw 

 into the side mows in barn threshing. When so used the end 

 of the straw-carrier rests on the ground. 



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