. The story of corn and the westward migration. mount the sled onwheels, as shown in the illustration on the opposite page. This machinecuts two rows at atime. Two men siton the platform, onefacing each row, andthey guide the cornagainst the cuttingedge with one handwhile with the otherthey hold the stalks until enough have been collectedto form a shock. This is the most satisfactory aswell as the least expensive of all the corn-harvestingmachines. When a large acreage is to be goneover during the limited time within which it is mostprofitable to cut corn, corn binders and corn shockersare the
. The story of corn and the westward migration. mount the sled onwheels, as shown in the illustration on the opposite page. This machinecuts two rows at atime. Two men siton the platform, onefacing each row, andthey guide the cornagainst the cuttingedge with one handwhile with the otherthey hold the stalks until enough have been collectedto form a shock. This is the most satisfactory aswell as the least expensive of all the corn-harvestingmachines. When a large acreage is to be goneover during the limited time within which it is mostprofitable to cut corn, corn binders and corn shockersare the most economical machinery. Com Binders. One of the earliest forms of cornharvester and binder was con-structed as a modified formof the McCormick machine embodying prin-ciples which seem destinedto prevail in corn harvestingwas invented by A. S. Peck ofGeneva, Illinois, and patentedJanuary 5,1892. It consistedof a corn harvester with twodivides passing one on each side of a row of cut the stalks and carried them back in a. From Farmers Bulletin No. S. Dept. Agr. Improved one-row harvesterywith arm added The West the Granary of the World 227 vertical position to the binder attachment. Astandard twine binder was used, set in a verticalposition so as to receive the stalks and keep themin position until the bundle was tied. The horseswere hitched behind the machine. Since 1895 theself-binding corn harvester has had a considerablesale, especially in the leading corn states. Themain features of the Peck type predominate inpractically all the corn binders now built.
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