. The book of corn : a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others : a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . Corn. i58 THE BOOK OF CORN The illustration (Fig 44) shows a corn husking machine invented by J. L. Locke of Nebraska and patented September 11, 1901. It has been given fair trial and the inventor is much pleased with its work. Just what its future will be, time and further testing will determine. The husker is comparatively simple and is
. The book of corn : a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others : a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . Corn. i58 THE BOOK OF CORN The illustration (Fig 44) shows a corn husking machine invented by J. L. Locke of Nebraska and patented September 11, 1901. It has been given fair trial and the inventor is much pleased with its work. Just what its future will be, time and further testing will determine. The husker is comparatively simple and is operated by one man. By means of two large spiral coils working on either side of an elevator which projects beyond the wagon tongue, the corn is gath- ered from the ground or from the stack and elevated into the wagon. The illustration shows one of these. Fig 45—Rail Corn Cribs In McLean county, Illinois coils uncovered. The ears are conveyed to husker rolls in the front part of the wagon bed, where the husks are removed and by means of a blower trans- ferred through a blowpipe to a burlap bag in the rear, large enough for holding the husks from one load of ears. The ears are deposited in the wagon bed. The machinery is comparatively light and can be handled easily by one team. The husker will fit any wagon box from thirty-two to thirty-six inches deep and weighs about seven hundred pounds. After another. 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 Myrick, Herbert, b. 1860. New York ; Chicago : Orange Judd Company
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