. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. HARVESTING MACHINERY 371 shocker. The advantage and preference lie with the corn binder chiefly for the following reasons. The shocker, so called, does not make shocks that are large enough, and it is a heavy, cumbersome ma- chine. The fodder is in a less suitable form to be handled and there is much more loss due to exposure. The advantage of having the fod- der in bundles is greatly in favor of the work of the corn binder. On
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. HARVESTING MACHINERY 371 shocker. The advantage and preference lie with the corn binder chiefly for the following reasons. The shocker, so called, does not make shocks that are large enough, and it is a heavy, cumbersome ma- chine. The fodder is in a less suitable form to be handled and there is much more loss due to exposure. The advantage of having the fod- der in bundles is greatly in favor of the work of the corn binder. Only about one-half as much can be cut in one season as with a corn CORN BINDER AT WORK. This machine is used to cut standing corn that is to be saved for the fodder or ensilage. ' Probably among corn harvesting machines the corn binder has proved itself the most economical and useful to the farmer. When we compare it with the primitive methods we find that it is invaluable to the corn raiser who harvests for fodder or ensilage. The period when corn fodder is just right for ensilage or fodder is only a few days in duration. Here the corn binder has a decided advantage, for with it three men and two teams can put seven acres into the shock in one day, while by the hand method one acre per man is considered a fair day's work; thus a man is able to cut and shock twice as much by the use of the corn binder as against hand methods. The life of a corn binder will be good for i,ooo acres. The first cost is about $125. Allowing $50 for repairs, it will amount to $175. or on the basis of 1,000 acres the machine cost will be about 20 cents per acre. Allowing $ per day for men, $ per day for each team, and about 50 cents per acre for twine, the approximate cost of. 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 origina
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