. Bulletin. Agricultural experiment stations -- United States; Agriculture -- United States. 14 horizontally on a platform that is elevated about 6 inches above the cuttin.^ apparatus. On the inner side is a «cuide chain, which assists in directin<^ the stalks of corn to the knife and tlie platform. The rear part of the machine is provided with a small wheel, al)ove whicli is a tilting lever, by means of which the dividers in front can be raised or lowered to o:ather up the lod,s^ed corn until it comes in con- tact with the endless chain, wliich carries it backward until it is cut and depos
. Bulletin. Agricultural experiment stations -- United States; Agriculture -- United States. 14 horizontally on a platform that is elevated about 6 inches above the cuttin.^ apparatus. On the inner side is a «cuide chain, which assists in directin<^ the stalks of corn to the knife and tlie platform. The rear part of the machine is provided with a small wheel, al)ove whicli is a tilting lever, by means of which the dividers in front can be raised or lowered to o:ather up the lod,s^ed corn until it comes in con- tact with the endless chain, wliich carries it backward until it is cut and deposited on the platform, as shown in figure 9. The macliine shown in figure 8 has low wheels and stationary cut, while the one shown in figure 9 can, by means of side levers, be adjusted to cut the corn from 2 to 15 inches from the Fig. 8.—Two-row com harvester \\-ith stationary lift. Machines of this type gather and cut the corn and drop it on the platform. When there is enough to start a shoclv the horse is stopt and the two men who follow the machine gather the corn from the platform and set it up around t^ie shock pole and tie it. They then start the horse again, and when returning across the field the horse is stopt opposite the shock, to which more corn is added, and this is continued until the shock is of the desired size. AMien the shock row- has been started the shock pole is pushed in so as to be out of the way (fig. <S) while the balance of the corn is being cut. This will save carrying the corn around the pole. The machine may also be backed up to the shock instead of the corn being carried to it from the 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 United States. Office of Experiment Stations. Washington : G. P. O.
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