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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 thresher- 

 man 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 adjust the price accordingly. Since 

 the weighing attachments accurately weigh and auto- 

 matically 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 correct and fair 

 to both thresherman and farmer. The prejudice against 

 weighers that formerly 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. 



Tlie No. i WeigJier consists of an elevator permanently 

 attached to the left side of the separator, the weighing 

 apparatus, and a conveyor across the deck of the separa- 



