1 88 SCIENCE OF SUCCESSFUL THRESHING. 



ing "big m'easure" in threshing, undoubtedly grew out of 

 the fact that it was necessary to heap the measure in order 

 to make the light grain "hold out." Since the measuring 

 was done by someone who looked out for the interests of the 

 farmer rather than those of the thresherman, the measures 

 were usually heaped with all that they would hold, and in 

 some cases, even tamped in order to make them hold more. 

 This, of course, was unfair to the thresherman. The thresh- 

 erman should insist on pay for every bushel by weight, as he 

 would do, were he selling* the grain. When engaging the 

 threshing, he should tell the farmer of his intention to do 

 this, and then, if the former price were too high, it might 

 be adjusted accordingly. Since the weighing attachments 

 accurately weigh and automatically record the number of 

 bushels threshed, all fair minded men must admit that the 

 use of one insures a record of the amount threshed that is 

 fair to both thresherman and farmer. The prejudice against 

 weighers that has, in some cases, existed because of the 

 custom of giving "big measure" has gradually disappeared 

 until they have come into almost universal use. Their 

 accuracy was at first often doubted, but in many cases the 

 weigher's record of a certain amount of grain has been 

 compared with the weight of the same grain on standard 

 scales and found to correspond very closely. 



The Number One Weigher consists of an elevator per- 

 manently attached to the left side of the separator, the 

 weighing apparatus, and a conveyor across the deck of 



