. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. 200 SOUTHERN FIELD CHOPS a complete shock. This stopping of the machine greatly reduces the area of corn harvested. For this reason, and because of the greater cost and complexity of the machinery, the shocker cannot yet be generally recommended to Southern farmers. The latter criticism applies also to the recently invented machine for pidling the ears of corn frojn the standing plants. 186. Shredding corn. — A shredder is a machine that tears the stover into small fragments and which, at the. Fig. 98. — Cobn Huskeb and Shreddbh
. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. 200 SOUTHERN FIELD CHOPS a complete shock. This stopping of the machine greatly reduces the area of corn harvested. For this reason, and because of the greater cost and complexity of the machinery, the shocker cannot yet be generally recommended to Southern farmers. The latter criticism applies also to the recently invented machine for pidling the ears of corn frojn the standing plants. 186. Shredding corn. — A shredder is a machine that tears the stover into small fragments and which, at the. Fig. 98. — Cobn Huskeb and Shreddbh at Work. same time, removes the ear and takes from it nearly all of the shuck (Fig. 98). To drive a shredder requires con- siderable power. The following are among the advantages of shredding stover as compared with feeding it whole: — (1) The removal of the ears from the stalks and the partial shucking of the ears;. 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 Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868-. New York, The Macmillan company
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