. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . Fig. 41. — A corn-binder with bundle elevator. standing stalks, and throw them into the wagon. Live-stock are allowed to run in the fields after the corn is husked to eat any nubbins left and what stalks they will. Corn that is to be shocked before the husking is often cut by hand with large knives. There are on the market machines that can profitably be employed in cutting the stalks. Of these the most efficient is the corn-binder, which cuts the stalks, binds them in bundles, and either drops them on the ground or elevates them into a w
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . Fig. 41. — A corn-binder with bundle elevator. standing stalks, and throw them into the wagon. Live-stock are allowed to run in the fields after the corn is husked to eat any nubbins left and what stalks they will. Corn that is to be shocked before the husking is often cut by hand with large knives. There are on the market machines that can profitably be employed in cutting the stalks. Of these the most efficient is the corn-binder, which cuts the stalks, binds them in bundles, and either drops them on the ground or elevates them into a wagon driven by the side, as shown in Fig. 41. The bundles are placed in shocks and when the ears are dry they are husked (Fig. 42) and the bundles of stalks (corn stover) are stored for use later in the feeding of live-stock. Corn, when both ears and
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