. 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 . his cannot. When the husks are loose, the corn dryand ears large, one man can easily husk fifty to fifty-five bushels a day. Some men can accomplish muchmore and many much less. Husking thirty-five toforty-five acres during one autumn is enough for oneman, and he must not have too many chores to do inorder to get through to good advantage.
. 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 . his cannot. When the husks are loose, the corn dryand ears large, one man can easily husk fifty to fifty-five bushels a day. Some men can accomplish muchmore and many much less. Husking thirty-five toforty-five acres during one autumn is enough for oneman, and he must not have too many chores to do inorder to get through to good advantage. An attemptto husk more will usually extend the work into cold,snowy weather. l62 THE BOOK OF CORN The illustration (Fig 44) shows a corn huskingmachine invented by J. L. Locke of Nebraska andpatented September 11, 1901. It has been given fairtrial and the inventor is much pleased with its what its future will be, time and further testingwill determine. The husker is comparatively simpleand is operated by one man. By means of two largespiral coils working on either side of an elevator whichprojects beyond the wagon tongue, the corn is gath-ered from the ground or from the stack and elevatedinto the wagon. The illustration shows one of these. Fig 45—Rail Corn Cribs In McLean county, Illinois coils uncovered. The ears are conveyed to huskerrolls in the front part of the wagon bed, where thehusks 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 ofears. The ears are deposited in the wagon bed. Themachinery is comparatively light and can be handledeasily by one team. The husker will fit any wagonbox from thirty-two to thirty-six inches deep andweighs about seven hundred pounds. After another HARVESTING 163 seasons testing, the machine will be put on the marketprovided it continues to give satisfaction. The in-ventor has been working on it for about fifteen years. THE CRIBS TO
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