. Maize; its history, cultivation, handling, and uses, with special reference to South Africa; a text-book for farmers, students of agriculture, and teachers of nature study. Corn; Corn. CHAP. XI. 480 MAIZE A smaller machine, the Marseilles-Adams, is also on the South African market; the listed price varying from .£75 to £135 according to capacity. Owing to the capital outlay involved in the purchase of a shelling outfit, and the short period in the year for which it is required, comparatively few private farmers in South Africa own one. But the number of itinerant machines is on the increase:
. Maize; its history, cultivation, handling, and uses, with special reference to South Africa; a text-book for farmers, students of agriculture, and teachers of nature study. Corn; Corn. CHAP. XI. 480 MAIZE A smaller machine, the Marseilles-Adams, is also on the South African market; the listed price varying from .£75 to £135 according to capacity. Owing to the capital outlay involved in the purchase of a shelling outfit, and the short period in the year for which it is required, comparatively few private farmers in South Africa own one. But the number of itinerant machines is on the increase: these travel from farm to farm, husking and shelling. Fig. 1S0.—Convertible hand or power sheller, suitable for small crops. for a percentage of the crop, or at a fixed price per muid, or at so much per day. 453. Machines for Shelling Husked Maize.—For shelling husked maize there are on the market many machines, worked either by hand or power, and varying in capacity and price to suit the needs of every farmer. Listed prices range from £l 1 os. for the little Clinton hand sheller (weight 80 lbs.) to .£50 for the Champion, requiring 6 to 8 brake horse-power, and having a capacity of 150 to 250 muids per day according. 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 Burtt-Davy, Joseph, 1870-. London, New York, [etc. ] Longmans, Green and co.
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