738 ' Expenses of Corn Harvesting. [Jan., 



Table IX. — Stack Building without Elevator. 



Number o 



f Men. 



Number of 

 Loads per 

 Hour. 



Crop. 



Weight per 





Unloading. 



On stack. 



Load. 



Hour. 













Lb. 



Lb. 



i 



3-4* 

 3 



I2'0 



4*5 



Wheat . 

 Oats 



7 

 "\ 



957 

 Large 

 loads 



i,i48t 

 Not ascer- 

 tained, t 



I 



2 



21 



Barley . 



■{ 



179 

 sheaves 



Not ascer- 

 tained^ 



Average i 



3 



6-2 







p 





* 3 during part of time. 



t From commencement to half way up the stack. + Top of stack. 



§ Finishing off at top of stack. 



striking, though possibly not of general application, inas- 

 much as there are not sufficient of them to constitute a reliable 

 average. Still, such as they are, they were timed and 

 measured under circumstances as far as possible consistent 

 with a fair trial. 



A further point that the last table brings out is that the 

 great value of the elevator lies in its employment when finish- 

 ing the stack. Though this is a circumstance that may 

 reasonably be considered obvious to anyone, it is nevertheless 

 frequently overlooked. Men will set up and use the elevator 

 almost from the commencement of the rick, or at any rate 

 when it is only three feet or so above ground level. This is 

 bad practice, in that it not only gives unnecessary work to a 

 horse, and that at a time when every moment's rest is of 

 importance, but it is liable to create great waste, for, owing 

 to the distance which sheaves have to fall when the stack is 

 only just above ground level, a lot of unnecessary knocking 

 out of corn takes place. If those who are interested will but 

 examine the stack bottoms after the thrashing machine they 

 will find that the abuse of the elevator in this manner leads to 

 a very large amount of spilt or spoilt grain. 



We are now able to summarise matters concerning carrying 

 and stacking as follows. Each pair of men, i.e., one pitching 

 ancl one loading, will be able to dispatch to the rickyard 3*4 

 loads in every hour's work. In the process of stacking, one 

 man on the cart, one horse at the elevator, four men build- 



