. Bulletin. Agricultural experiment stations -- United States; Agriculture -- United States. 27 DESCRIPTION. Tho present corn shocker was invented in ISSS, and a machine was constructed that year by A. N. Iladley. It was buih with a frame mounted on two w^heels the same as the corn binder, and consisted of a corn-o-athering; device—revolvino; reels on vertical standards, the upper bearings of which were arranged for adjustment laterally, and fore and aft. It had as a cutting device two circular rotating cutters operating against each other and cutting the corn as the machine advanced toward it
. Bulletin. Agricultural experiment stations -- United States; Agriculture -- United States. 27 DESCRIPTION. Tho present corn shocker was invented in ISSS, and a machine was constructed that year by A. N. Iladley. It was buih with a frame mounted on two w^heels the same as the corn binder, and consisted of a corn-o-athering; device—revolvino; reels on vertical standards, the upper bearings of which were arranged for adjustment laterally, and fore and aft. It had as a cutting device two circular rotating cutters operating against each other and cutting the corn as the machine advanced toward it. Behind the cutting device was a circular rotating table 5 feet in diameter, upon which the corn was collected vertically to form a shock. On this table were sev- eral radial ribs, which aided in revolving the standing corn. In the center of this table was a rotating shock- forming standard bav- in g radial arms, around which the corn was collected. A re- volving crane w a s mounted on the frame and a rope and pulle}^ attached above the shock by which it could be lifted from the platform and de- posited on the ground. In 1893 a shocker was constructed by J. M. Shively, similar in principle but somewhat departing in its construction from the Hadley shocker in that the cutting apparatus and the dividers were like those of the corn har- vester, and the retaining wall surrounding the shock-forming table was somewhat higher than that on the Hadley shocker. The present form of shocker (fig. 17) consists essentially of the dividers already described in connection with the corn binder, a revolv- ing table for assembling the shock, and a crane for removing it. The knives and fly-wheel attachment for cutting the stalks, and the. Fig. 17.—Corn harvester and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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