The ensilage of maize, and other green fodder crops . liat are likely to conic into general use, or give satisfaction, isexceedingly small. Many good machines are too complicated for common fanners andtheir laborers, who possess only ordinary ability to keep machinery in running order,and to operate such implements with skill and efficiency. Some manit/actuiTrn have erred seriouslj/ in constructing fodder cuttcrn, by not iinder-standiny iihat is required of a machine for cutting stalks, straw and hay. Men who havea correct understanding of the management of domestic animals, and of preparingth
The ensilage of maize, and other green fodder crops . liat are likely to conic into general use, or give satisfaction, isexceedingly small. Many good machines are too complicated for common fanners andtheir laborers, who possess only ordinary ability to keep machinery in running order,and to operate such implements with skill and efficiency. Some manit/actuiTrn have erred seriouslj/ in constructing fodder cuttcrn, by not iinder-standiny iihat is required of a machine for cutting stalks, straw and hay. Men who havea correct understanding of the management of domestic animals, and of preparingtheir food, know that the fodder cutter that cuts hay or straw finest or shortest is byno means the most effective cutter. Experience proves that fodder digests much l)et-ter after being macerated by the teeth of animals than wheiv it is reduced so fine by astraw-cutter that they swallow it without first crushing it between their teeth. Thestalks of Indian corn or sorghum-should never be cut less than two inches long. THE BURRALL CORN SHELLER OF Wrought Shafts. Right-Hand. This Sheller Separates the Cobs from theShelled Corn. It has wooden (instead of iron) legs,which are not liable to break, and aremore easily repaired when broken. IMPROVEMENTS FOR 1878. 8KVEKAL NEW TATENTS APPLIED FOR. Open front hoppei- makes it right-handed. Wrought Shafts. (Cast shafts alwaysbreak.; Excellent improved spring. Runs smooth and easy. Longer /?</«, which make«/ic//tr severalinches higher than formerly. Flat balance wheel; can use belt, it de-sired. The swell at the throat in combination with the patented spring-plate admitslarger ears without clogging, and without scraping or breaking the cob. It shellsclean. The gearing has been changed, making it stronger, and causing it to turn verymuch easier than any other sheller in the market, and much easier than those that wemade last year. The spreading of the feet causes it to stand entirely firm, and the in-creased weight adds much to its
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