#threshing machine

Engines, threshing machines, horse powers.  

By A.B. Farquhar Co.

किफ़ायती और कम वज़न की उपयोगी मशीन

धान की बुवाई और कटाई के साथ ही इसकी थ्रेसिंग का काम भी बहुत मेहनत वाला होता है। पहाड़ी इलाकों और छोटे किसानों तक धान थ्रेसिंग मशीन पहुंचाने के लिए वैज्ञानिकों ने पैडल वाली और सोलर चालित थ्रेसिंग मशीनें विकसित की हैं, जो किफ़ायती और हल्की हैं।

सोलर चलित धान थ्रेसिंग मशीन (Paddy Threshing Machine): चावल उत्पादन में चीन के बाद भारत का दूसरा स्थान आता है। उत्पादन के साथ ही यहां चावल की खपत भी अधिक है। पश्चिम बंगाल, उड़ीसा और असम के लोगों का ये मुख्य भोजन है। हमारे देश में चावल का सबसे अधिक उत्पादन पश्चिम बंगाल, उत्तर प्रदेश, आन्ध्र प्रदेश, पंजाब, हरियाणा और तमिलनाडु में होता है। कड़ी मेहनत के बावजूद धान की खेती से छोटे किसानों को अधिक फ़ायदा नहीं हो पाता है, क्योंकि वो पारंपरिक तरीके से खेती करते हैं।

कृषि की आधुनिक महंगी मशीनों तक उनकी पहुंच नहीं होती है। धान की थ्रेसिंग का काम भी बहुत सी जगहों पर किसान खुद ही करते हैं। इसमें समय और श्रम दोनों अधिक लगता है। साथ ही पहाड़ी इलाकों में भारी थ्रेसिंग मशीन को पहुंचाना भी संभव नहीं होता। इसके अलावा सभी इलाकों में बिजली न होना भी एक अलग समस्या है। इन सभी समस्याओं को ध्यान में रखते हुए वैज्ञानिकों ने सोलर चलित और पैडल से चलने वाली धान थ्रेसिंग मशीन बनाई है, जो अच्छे से चावल के दानों को बिना टूटे अलग करता है।

क्या होती है थ्रेसिंग?

थ्रेसिंग का मतलब होता है भूसी से अनाज को अलग करना। धान की थ्रेसिंग (Paddy Threshing) करके भूसी से चावल को अलग किया जाता है। पारंपरिक विधि में किसान हाथ से ही थ्रेसिंग का काम करते थे, लेकिन धीरे-धीरे श्रम की कमी की समस्या को दूर करने और समय की बचत के लिए कई थ्रेसिंग मशीनें बनाई गईं।

हालांकि, ये मशीनें महंगी होती हैं और वज़न अधिक होने के कारण एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान पर आसानी से लाना संभव नहीं होता है। इसलिए वैज्ञानिकों ने किफ़ायती, हल्की और सौर ऊर्जा से चलने वाली थ्रेसिंग मशीन बनाई। इसकी ख़ासियत ये है कि अगर कभी खराब मौसम के कारण सौर ऊर्जा न मिले, तो इसे पैडल से भी चलाया जा सकता है।

छोटे किसान और पहाड़ों के लिए उपयुक्त

सोलर चलित ख़ास धान थ्रेसिंग मशीन में सोलर पैनल लगा हुआ है और एक बैटरी भी है, जो सौर ऊर्जा से चार्ज होती है।

A threshing Machine to revolutionise Agri sector

When people spend lakhs of money for threshing machines, two young brothers in a small village in Manipur invented a low cost machine for the needy farmers.

Mohammad Fakar-ud-din Epham and Mohammad Ali -Ahmad Epham are the two brothers from Kwakta Khuman village who created the machine. The threshing machine operates with portable water pump and petrol as fuel.

Threshing machines cost around Rs…

A threshing Machine to revolutionise Agri sector

When people spend lakhs of money for threshing machines, two young brothers in a small village in Manipur invented a low cost machine for the needy farmers.

Mohammad Fakar-ud-din Epham and Mohammad Ali -Ahmad Epham are the two brothers from Kwakta Khuman village who created the machine. The threshing machine operates with portable water pump and petrol as fuel.

Threshing machines cost around Rs…

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Column sent to Frederick Leader and Frederick Press

October 1, 2009

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Ligon House, 1905

The Robert Leonard Ligon home was located at 123 North 12th Street in Frederick. Pictured in 1905 are Mr. Ligon, Alice Waggoner Ligon, Anne Ligon (later Mrs. H.T. Harrison), and Ernest Mayfield Ligon. Many years later, the property was purchased by A.S. Minter who moved his farm home to the location. The original Ligon home was kept on the property, but turned 180 degrees to face the alley. Its new address was 212 E. Floral. In 2010 the property was purchased by Frederick's First Baptist Church and both the Ligon house and the Minter house were torn down.

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Grand Avenue

This is a postcard photo, dated 1914, that shows a colorized, enhanced version of the 200 block of West Grand Avenue. The First National Bank (now BancFirst) was located at 200 West Grand in the building that is now City of Frederick offices. The Wide-a-Wake Variety Store was located at that time in a building where the city’s drive-through is now located. The building’s exterior received a major update in the 1950s, giving it a completely different look from its original. Colorized, enhanced postcards like this one were very popular in the decade after 1910. This postcard was printed and sold by the Wide-a-Wake.

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Simpson Brothers Livery

This old photo was labeled on back, “Livery Stable, across from (current) Post Office.” The photo is undated, but would have been very early. In a 1919 Frederick directory, this address was listed as maintenance and warehouse for the Ozier Automobile Company.

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Davidson Threshing Machine 1921

This unnamed wheat threshing crew worked near Davidson in 1921.

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Red River Bridge 1920s (two photos, above and below)

These two photos show the first roadway bridge that crossed the Red River south of Davidson. The wooden bridge was built sometime after 1916 and was damaged or washed out several times before being replaced in the 1930s by a concrete bridge. The bridge crossing was part of the coast-to-coast Lee National Highway in the 1920s. These photos were taken by Clifton Fine Photographer, Vernon.

Photos Capture Life in Early Tillman County

  Photos of early Tillman County are fascinating because many of them picture a different way of life. Many of the old photos show familiar landmarks, but with unfamiliar surroundings.

The fascinating pictures with this week’s column, for instance, show numerous pieces of the area’s past.

The Tillman County Historical Society is always looking for old photos that show life in the area “the way it was.”

If you have historic photos that we can scan for archive at the museum, bring your old photos by the Pioneer Townsite any weekday between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and leave them with Frances Goodknight. Make sure that your name and contact information is with the photos, and when they have been scanned we will get them back to you or call you to pick them up.

Of course, we will also accept photos for donation.

We will not scan regular family photos or snapshots, but we do have an interest in scanning historic photos that capture pieces of the area’s history. That could include sites or buildings, events, farm scenes, school activities, church or club activities, etc.

Or, if you have already scanned digital copies of historic photos, we would like to have copies. Load your digital copies of historic photos onto a CD and leave them at the Townsite.

I often scan old photos for historical society archives, and the most frustrating thing about that process is finding great photos that are not labeled. Too often there is no way to know the location of great old buildings, the context of historic scenes, or the names of people in pictures.

My advice to everyone is to write photo descriptions, dates, and names of individuals on the back of photos using a good, non-smearing pen (such as a fine-point Sharpie) or pencil. It’s an important project. Do not put off doing it.

With the wide availability of scanners, many people are scanning their own pictures and it is a great way to preserve and distribute them to family and friends. Too often, though, the pictures are scanned without context.

For that reason, I keep a photo key and I suggest that others do that, too. I assign a number in the name of every photo along with a one- or two-word name. I then keep a written key in a separate computer text file (or it could be on written paper form) that corresponds with the photo number and name, and which contains all of my notes about the photo, including anything that was written on back of the original. It’s an easy way to maintain context for the scanned photos.

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