Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . he corn crop. One man, with wagon and team,will average 70 bushels per day in corn yielding 50 bushels per averages are made by many farmers in high-yielding field?.When no snow is on the ground and the husker is careful, very fewears are left in the field. Corn that has blown down badly can begathered only by this method. From time to time different patented machines have been manu-factured for the purpose of harvesting corn in t
Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . he corn crop. One man, with wagon and team,will average 70 bushels per day in corn yielding 50 bushels per averages are made by many farmers in high-yielding field?.When no snow is on the ground and the husker is careful, very fewears are left in the field. Corn that has blown down badly can begathered only by this method. From time to time different patented machines have been manu-factured for the purpose of harvesting corn in the ear. Most of themhave proved very impracticable and wasteful. Where corn standsup well and the rows are of sufiicient length to justify the use, thepresent cornhusker is a decided success. Besides the man to operate 70 liusbelsper dayb] hand Not asmuchwaste hymachineryas formerlythought 204 CORN. the machine and to drive the horces, (from four to six in number)two men and teams are required to haul the corn to the crib. Thereare some ears left, but where cattle and hogs are turned into thefield during the winter and spring, little waste Fig. 100. CORN PICKER AND in larger fields, and is drawn by six horses. Cost of Harvesting. Not many years ago, corn growers of the2 to 5 cents central states hired men to husk their corn at two cents per then, the price has steadily raised until during the fall of 1906four cents was the prevailing price in a few localities, some even pay-ing five cents. Owners of corn-gathering machinery report the cost per bushel Very little between three to five cents. This depends upon the yield of the machfne^ corn per acre as only from eight to ten acres can be picked daily. The use of a picker is not so much of a money saver as a time saver. Men can be hired to run a wagon by the side of the loader, who would be of little use as buskers themselves. Methods of Unloading. The scoop shovel delivers most of thecorn crop in
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