HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-08-25, Page 8- T QN XPASITOL SEAFORTH, ONT., AUGUST 25, 1960 •
WORKING WITH A SHARP KNIFE in his right hand, Larry Beuerman cuts the baling
twine as he drops bales of grain to be fed to' the threshing machine. The harvest scene is on
the farm of August Scherbarth, lot 33, concession 9, Logan Township, where 80 acres of crop
have been threshed in five working. days. Like many other farmers.- in the Brodhagen area,
Mr. Scherbarth is using a hay -baler, modified locally, to bring in his grain. (B-H picture).
Area Farmers BaIeGrain
(From the Stratford Beacon -
Herald) •
"Bringing in the sheaves" is an
out-of-date song now for many har-
vesters in the Brodhagen area. In
this busy season, with the fields
being cleared of the oat and barley
crops, and the granaries rapidly
filling, the picture on about 200
farms in the area centred on Brod-
hagen, is one of "Bringing in the
bales."
The thrifty thinking of several
farmers in the Brodhagen neigh-
borhood, joined with the inventive-
ness of Ford Dickison, the village
tinsmith, has succeeded in making
hay -balers do double duty, and
handle the grain as well as the
hay. Swathed grain is being baled
with _the same machine that, earl-
ier in the summer, was taking hay
from windrows, and the bales of
grain are being successfully fed
to conventional threshing machines.
The idea owes nothing•to any big-
time research team, or to any
farm implement company. Local
farmers in the Brodhagen,. area
came to Fred Dickison with. the
idea, and local trial -and -error
methods evolved a set of modifi-
cations 'to a standard hay -baler,
to make it a practical machine
for harvesting oats, barley or
wheat. •
The idea began to develop four
years ago, with three local farm-
ers and tinsmith Dickison putting
their heads together to solve the
problem of baling grain, without
threshing it in the baling process,
or losing kernels or heads of grain
while the bale was being rammed
into shape. After the method had
been made to work on a few farms
other local farmers copied it.
The Dickison shop in Brodhagen
has now made more than 200 of
the conversion kits, and fitted.
them to at least 16 models of six
makes of baler. ..
Arguments in favor of the idea
are that it speeds the harvest, giv-
ing the farmer a better chance to
take advantage of good weather;
it makes it possible' for harvesting
.and threshing to be done on a one-
man farm, without extra help, pro-
vided only that the. farmer's wife
or child can drive the tractor; it
cuts machinery costs by making
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N05'LONGERISS THE HAY -BALER of use only during the haying season:. As a result of experiments in the Walton-
Brodhagen district, the baler now becomes an important machine during harvest. Here on the farm of Stephen Murray,
McKillop Township, the hay -baler aids in harvest as it picks up Garry oats from a 15 -acre field in swath. (B-H picture).
WITH PAUL MURRAY, son of Stephen Murray, driving the tractor, a load of newly -baled oats comes up to the barn
for threshing. Modifications to a hay -baler, worked out in the shop of Ford Dickison, Brodhagen, make it possible to do
grain harvest with haying equipment. Many farmers in the Brodhagen-Walton area are now using the locally -devised meth-
od for grain harvest. (B-H .picture).
one machine do the work of two;
A sidesteps all the hard work of
building stooks, and then pitching
sheaves from stook to wagon; as
compared with combining, it gets
rid of the chores of raking and bal-
ing the straw.
On most of the farms which are
using tme "Brodhagen. Method"
this summer, the baled grain is
drawn directly to a barn threshing.
Manual labor is needed at only two
stages of the operation—first when
the bales are being stacked on the
wagon during baling from the
swath, and second, when the bales
are fed to the threshing mill. Laps-
ed time, from the moment when
the swathed grain is lifted from
the field, until the moment when
two spouts are spewing grain to
the granary, and straw to the mow,
may be, as little as 20 minutes.
On 'the farm of August Scher -
berth, last week, a seven -man
crew handled" 80 acres of crop,
including oats and mixed grain, in
five days' work. The outfit as-
sembled to do it included three
tractors, three wagons, baler, bale
elevator and separator. One trac-
tor drove the separator, and the
other two kept the three wagons
moving. The bale elevator was
used for convenience, to drop the
bares on the feed table of the
threshing mill.
Some farmers in 'the Brodhagen
area have found it works well en-
ough to drop the bales directly
from the wagon to the moving belt
which feeds the thresher; however,
in practice, anyone who has the
use of a hay -baler is likely to have
the use of a bale elevator and
majority prefer to drop the bales
on the elevator and let it drop
them to the threshing mill.
One advantage of the elevator,
in the Brodhagen method, is that
it can be used to spread the bales,
and avoid choking the threshing
machine. The speed of the bale
elevator and the speed of the feed
belt leading to the separator can
be adjusted so that as the opened
bales drop from one to the other,
they are shaken out, and make for
an even flow of material.
On the farm of Stephen Murray,
Clean Granaries
For New Grain
To reduce insects and mites that
persist in crevices, empty farm
granaries should be cleaned ° and
sprayed before new grain is stor-
ed, advises E. A. R. Liscombe,
Winnipeg Research Station, Can-
ada Department of Agriculture.
Granary 'walls and floor should
be Swept thoroughly before spray
is applied, and the sweeping bur-
ied' or burned, he warns. Waste
grain around the exterior of the
building should be treated similar -
1y.
Insecticides recommended in-
clude one per cent lindane, three
per cent malathion and five per
cent methoxyclor. Any one of
these may be applied with a gar-
den sprayer at one gallon per
thousand square feet, or to the
point of slim-dff.
All, interior surfaces of granar-
iet.. should be treated and grain
. bbotild hot be stared in them for
seven days after application.
Sime ears have fluid drive—oth-
era 1100 a drip at , the wheel.
SEAFORTH IMPLEMENT DEALER -
PLANS TRIP TO TEXAS MEETING
Johnnie Blue, Seaforth, will fly
to Dallas Monday,August 29, to
take part in the largest sales meet-
ing of its type ever held. Johnnie
Blue, who is the John Deere deal-
er serving Seaforth and Huron, will
fly to Dallas from Melton, along
with other John Deere retail deal-
ers from this area. At the sales
meeting, they will see for the first
time the new line of John Deere
tractors Which will be put on the
market in late September.
In all, some 4,500 independent
businessmen in the United States
and Canada who sell and service
John Deere products, will attend
the meeting. It will be the first
time any manufacturer will utilize
as many airplanes, reserve as
many accommodations, and ar-
range for as many meals for a
single group at one time.
Sixteen United States and Cana-
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Daiwa for nett Tuesday's meeting.
Due to the size of the group, facili-
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Auditorium, the Texas State Fair-
grounds, and the Cotton Bowl will
be needed to accommodate every-
one.
Nurse: "I can't get your hus-
band to take his medicine. Any
suggestions?"
Wife: "Stir in some soap pow-
der—he'll drink anything with foam
on it."
A Useless Appendix
That apparently useless organ,
the appendix, is often the cause of
serious trouble which could be fa-
tal if it becomes inflamed. This
condition is known as appendicitis.
Symptoms are usually cramplike
pains or a dull ache in the abdo-
men, accompanied by nausea with
a rise in .temperature. When this
occurs a doctor should be called
immediately. No food, drink or
medicine should be given and nei-
ther heat nor cold should be applied
to the area of the appendix. It is
advisable to rest quietly until the
arrival of the doctor,
SEAFORTH MONUMENT WORKS
OPEN DAILY
T: Pryde & Son
ALL TYPES OF
CEMETERY MEMORIALS
Inquiries are invited.
Telephone Numbers:
Exeter 41 Clinton 1620 Seaforth 573
RR 2, Walton, a 15 -acre field of
Garry oats was baled, drawn in
and thresher, last week, in eight
hours working time. The crew on
the job consisted of four men, two
at the barn and two in the field.
It could have been done almost as
quickly with three men, but the
one man at the barn would have,
had a hard day's work.
According to Ford Dickison, the
cost of making the conversion kit
for the baler is about $50, with
some variation according to the
make of baler. The most obvious
part of the kit is one long piece
of heavy steel, cut and shaped to
fit the bale chamber, and long en-
ough to cover the bottom, the
chamber and the chute. Twin
grooves are pressed into this piece
of steel, so that it can grip the
bales tightly, but allow the twine
ties to slide freely. The sides of
the chute are extended as high as
the chambers. Pans and trays are
fitted under the baler to catch
grain that might fall through.
A recent improvement has been
a set of four 'brushes, fastened to
the baler frame, and placed so that
when the knot is being tied in the
baling twine, the needles that tie
the knot move through the bristle
of the brushes. As soon as the
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needle leaves the chamber, the
bristles close the opening, so no
grain .can fall through.
Another brush is bolted to the
rear of the baling plunger, to
sweep shelled grain toward the fol-
lowing wagon. Two pieces of steel
are pressed into the needle slots
of the plunger, to make a positive
closing against loss of grain.
Farmers who are using the meth-
od think the cost of twine for bal-
ing balances fairly evenly against
the cost of twine for using a bin-
der, and making sheaves. Next
idea to be explored is likely to be
the use of lighter and less costly
grade of baling twine. If the bales
can be held together for an hour,
that is usually long enough, and it
may be that ,twine strong enough
to store hay for the winter may
be stronger than is necessary for
the Brodhagen method of grain
harvest.
RECEPTI
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Mr. and Biro, Arnold Taylor
(nee jean Scott)
Saturday, Aug. 27
at the Bayfiied Pavilion
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Physician and Surgeon
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