1514. Ture VecerasLe Inpustry 1x New York State 
THRESHING AND MARKETING 
On large farms, where there is plenty of help of both men and 
teams, threshing from the field is sometimes practiced, but this 
is not general or to be 
recommended for we 
are never sure what 
kind of weather  to- 
morrow may have in 
store for us, and beans 
must be threshed when 
dry. Very little split- 
ing of the bean occurs 
where the modern 
double cylinder bean 
thresher is used. In 
new localities where 
there are not enough 
raised to afford such a 
machine they can be 
trodden out with horses 
smooth shod or bare 
hoofed. I have assisted 
in threshing many hun- 
dreds of bushels in this 
way during the earlier 
stages of bean growing 
in Monroe county. 
When we as farmers 
get a crop of any kind 
ready for market I be- 
lieve that, covering a 
term of vears, we are 
money ahead by selling 
just as soon as the 
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market is right. It is much safer to hold on, if we must, when 
the price is low, but it is not good business, all things considered, 
to hold because prices are booming. 
