730 Expenses of Corn Harvesting. [jan. 



closely watched, but this stimulus is soon seen to work off, 

 and then the man with note-book, chain, and weighing 

 machine day by day becomes a mere adjunct to the ordinary 

 personnel of the harvest field. 



Weight of Binder Sheaf .—It was difficult to get any sort 

 of data as to the weight of sheaf thrown by the binder, the 

 various makers being extremely vague in their statements on 

 the matter. The following tables taken from the two farms 

 under varying conditions represent the average results 

 obtained by three different makes of machines. 



Table I. — Average Weight of Sheaves. (Wheat.) 











Total. 



I weighed 



10-5 lb. 



(carting) ... 





10-5 



I 6 averaged 



"•5 „ 



from 9*5 to 13*0 lb. (carting) ... 



184-0 



14 





8 0 10-5 



(pitching) ... 



127-0 



4 



n-5 „ 



,, iro 12 0 



„ (dry, ready to cart) 



46 0 



4 



137 „ 



,, i2'o 15-0 





54-8 



*i8 



14-0 ,, 



,, 120 ,, 18*0 



» (green) ... 



252-0 



12 



120 ,, 



,, 10*0 13-0 



(stacking)... 



144-0 



16 



10-3 „ 



90 ,, 1 20 



„ (green) 



61 -8 



16 „ 



i3"o 



„ io-o ,, 18*0 





78-0 



4 



1 1 0 . , 



IO'O I2'0 



,, (stacking) 



44 -o 



5 



12-5 „ 



,, 12 0 ,, 13*0 





62-5 



90 









1,064-6 



Average 1 1 '8 lb. 



* Cut by one machine, and weighed green ; a slight wind was blowing, 

 hence the result is rather higher than real weight. 



t Two machines on the same day cutting side by side on same spot. 



Table II. — Weight of Sheaves. (Barley.) 



11 averaged 9-35 lb. from 7'o to I2'0 (cutting, i.e. green) ... I02'8 



9'o 



, 6-0 



8-5 „ 



, 7'o 



97 „ 



, 9-o „ 



6-3 „ 



, 60,, 



6-5 „ 



, 5'o „ 



no „ ... 27-0 



io-o (pitching and stacking).. 51*0 



io - o (stacking) 38 8 



7-0 (pitching) ... ... 25-2 



8*o (stacking) 39-0 



34 283-8 

 Average 8-3 lb. 



It will be seen in the case of the wheat that whereas 1 1 "8 lb. 

 is the average, the sheaves varied from 8 to 18 lb. for the 

 individual sheaf, and from 9*1 to 14*0 lb. for the varying 

 groups of sheaves. It so happens that in the case of both 

 of these extremes the sheaves were in much the same condi- 

 tion, viz., ready for stacking. This variation in weight is 

 not so trifling a matter as may appear at first sight to be the 

 case, for as far as I could judge men work as fast with 12 lb. 



