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horizontally on a platform that is elevated about 6 inches above the 

 cuttin.^ apparatus. On the inner side is a «cuide chain, which assists 

 in directin<^ the stalks of corn to the knife and tlie platform. The 

 rear part of the machine is provided with a small wheel, al)ove whicli 

 is a tilting lever, by means of which the dividers in front can be 

 raised or lowered to o:ather up the lod,s^ed corn until it comes in con- 

 tact with the endless chain, wliich carries it backward until it is cut 

 and deposited on the platform, as shown in figure 9. The macliine 

 shown in figure 8 has low wheels and stationary cut, while the one 

 shown in figure 9 can, by means of side levers, be adjusted to cut the 

 corn from 2 to 15 inches from the ground. 



Fig. 8.— Two-row com harvester \\-ith stationary lift. 



Machines of this type gather and cut the corn and drop it on the 

 platform. When there is enough to start a shoclv the horse is stopt 

 and the two men who follow the machine gather the corn from the 

 platform and set it up around t^ie shock pole and tie it. They then 

 start the horse again, and when returning across the field the horse is 

 stopt opposite the shock, to which more corn is added, and this is 

 continued until the shock is of the desired size. AMien the shock row- 

 has been started the shock pole is pushed in so as to be out of the way 

 (fig. <S) while the balance of the corn is being cut. This will save 

 carrying the corn around the pole. The machine may also be backed 

 up to the shock instead of the corn being carried to it from the 

 machine. 



