. Bulletin. Agricultural experiment stations -- United States; Agriculture -- United States. 12. Fig. 4.—One-row sled harvester. were patterned after the mower and the reaper, but owing to the size of the corn phmt these machines either would not cut at all or were soon broken under tli^ heavy strain. Some of the machines, how- ever, liad comment!al)le mechanical features which were embodied in machines invented later. Many homemade harvestint; devices of the sled pattern have been made from time to time, some of which are illustrated in fi«^ures 4, 5, and 6. The first harvester of this class
. Bulletin. Agricultural experiment stations -- United States; Agriculture -- United States. 12. Fig. 4.—One-row sled harvester. were patterned after the mower and the reaper, but owing to the size of the corn phmt these machines either would not cut at all or were soon broken under tli^ heavy strain. Some of the machines, how- ever, liad comment!al)le mechanical features which were embodied in machines invented later. Many homemade harvestint; devices of the sled pattern have been made from time to time, some of which are illustrated in fi«^ures 4, 5, and 6. The first harvester of this class was patented by J. C. Peterson, of West Mansfield, Ohio, who put one in the^ field in 1886. Others followed and added improvements until eight or ten harvesters of this kind were in the field. With most of the sled harvesters the driver rode on the platform, and it was necessary for him to gather the stalks in his arms in advance of the cutting edge, so as to prevent them from falling in various directions. This method of harvesting was very exhausting. The harvester shown in figure 6 was an improvement, in that the guiding arm collected the stalks on the platform and it was only necessary for the driver to pick the stalks from tlie sled at inter- vals and throw them on the ground. As an improvement, in order to reduce the draft, the sled was mounted on wheels (fig. 7). This machine cuts two rows at a time, and two men sit on the platform, one facing each row, to guide the corn against the cutting edge with one hand, and with the other hand and arm to collect the cut corn on the til ting-side part or wing of the platform, drawing it back against the leg, where it is assembled until enough has been collected to form a shock. The stalks are then tied together into a small shock, and the side platform is so tilted as to deposit it upon the ground in an upright position. This form of corn harvester is still used ([uite extensively. It has automatic knife guards by which the cutt
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