. 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. HARVESTING AND STORAGE 465 an improvement over cutting by hand, were felt to be inade- CHAP, quate, and further improvements were effected to reduce labour. A later machine consists of two driving wheels, between which is mounted the frame for the driving mechanism and platform. It is drawn by one horse, which walks between the two rows that are being cut. The dividers pick up the lodged maize,. Fig. 171. -Dev
. 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. HARVESTING AND STORAGE 465 an improvement over cutting by hand, were felt to be inade- CHAP, quate, and further improvements were effected to reduce labour. A later machine consists of two driving wheels, between which is mounted the frame for the driving mechanism and platform. It is drawn by one horse, which walks between the two rows that are being cut. The dividers pick up the lodged maize,. Fig. 171. -Device for cutting maize in the field. (After Myrick, The Booh of Com, Orange Judd Co.) except such as lies in the row of maize away from the machine, and guide it to the cutting apparatus, which consists of two stationary side blades, above which is a movable sickle ; this cuts the maize and deposits it horizontally on a platform elevated about 6 inches above the cutting apparatus. On the inner side is a guide chain, which helps in directing. 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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