. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 628. means of corn-binders or corn-shockers. In the extreme northern part, where the stalks make but a very short growth, wheat-harvesters are some- times used for harvesting the corn, but such a practice is not to be advised, because the binder is not made for such heavy work. On very rich soil in. the southern states the stalks grow too tall to admit of a satisfactory use of corn-binders, and such corn is usually cut by hand or the ears jerked from t
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 628. means of corn-binders or corn-shockers. In the extreme northern part, where the stalks make but a very short growth, wheat-harvesters are some- times used for harvesting the corn, but such a practice is not to be advised, because the binder is not made for such heavy work. On very rich soil in. the southern states the stalks grow too tall to admit of a satisfactory use of corn-binders, and such corn is usually cut by hand or the ears jerked from the stalks. For many years it has been the custom in the southern United States to obtain forage by stripping the blades by hand from the standing stalks (Fig. 629), but the scarcity of manual labor makes this practice unprofitable. In the leading corn-growing states, the great bulk of the com is husked by hand in November and December. Large quantities are husked from the shocks in the field, while a greater quantity is husked from the standing stalks and thrown into wagons that precede the buskers in the field. A high sideboard or throw-board is placed on one side of the wagon-bed to catch the ears and cause them to fall into the wagon. Implements. There has been a gradual evolution in regard to the machin- ery used, both in cul- tivating and in har- vesting corn, and the tendency is to advance to larger and more effective machinery that takes the place of manual labor. From one - horse cultivators that require that the field be crossed at least twice for the cultivation of a single row (Fig. 619), an advance was made to the double cul- tivator or two-horse cultivator, which completes a row each time the field is crossed (Fig. 622). At the present time two-row cultivators are used very satisfactorily in connection with corn planted by Cutting com with the haryester with bundle- cairier attachment. Fig. 629. Com topped and stripped of blades. Cowpeas aown at last cn
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