. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. JACK FOR SHOCKING CORN. legs four feet an inch and a quarter hole is bored horizontally; then it is readyfor use. It is placed where the shock is to be built, one end elevated by the legs andthe other end upon the ground ; a piece of rake handle, six feet long, or some-thing of the kind, is slipped through the hole and the corn set up around it;when the shock is complete, pull out the stick, and then by taking hold of theelevated end of th
. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. JACK FOR SHOCKING CORN. legs four feet an inch and a quarter hole is bored horizontally; then it is readyfor use. It is placed where the shock is to be built, one end elevated by the legs andthe other end upon the ground ; a piece of rake handle, six feet long, or some-thing of the kind, is slipped through the hole and the corn set up around it;when the shock is complete, pull out the stick, and then by taking hold of theelevated end of the jack it may be drawn out and placed for the next. HoAV to Bind Corn SIiock§.—Large shocks are very difficult to bindfirmly by the use of arms alone, and I illustrate here a simple contrivance forcontracting the shock so that the band may be put on with ease, and CORN SHOCK BINDER, This implement can be made by a person of any mechanical skill. It consistsof a tapering shaft three and one-half feet long, a crank, B, a w-asher or cross-bar, C D, eight inches long, through which the shaft passes. At C is a staplethrough which passes the rope, E ; at D is a hook to receive the loop on theend of the rope. The manner of use is as follows : When a sufficient quantity of stalks havebeen gathered and stood on end for a shock, the operator plunges the shaftthrough the middle of the shock, at the height where it is desired to put on theband. One end of the rope being fastened to the base of the shaft and crank, aboy takes the loop end, and going around the standing shock, brings it aroundand hitches the loop upon the hook, D. The operator then turns the crank, B,and the rope winds upon the shaft between the washer and the crank, and 390 HARVESTING THE CORN CROP. hugs the shock into a compact body, when a band of straw or stalks can bewithed around and t
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