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SUMMARY. 



The following table summarizes the data obtained as to Ihe cost 

 and value of corn-harvestinti; machines: 



Summary of data regarding corn-harvesting machinery and its use. 



AVERAGE DATA FOR HARVESTING BY HAND. 



Cost of implement 81- 



Number of hills per shock 160. 



Acres 1 man harvests per day 1.47 acres. 



Cost of cutting and shocking $0,005 per shock; $1.50 per acre. 



AVERAGE DATA FOR HARVESTING WITH SLED HARVESTER. 



Cost of implement $5 to $50. 



Number of hills per shock 144. 



Acres 2 men and 1 horse harvest per day 4.67 acres. 



Cost of cutting and shocking $1.18 per acre. 



AVERAGE DATA FOR HARVESTING WITH CORN BINDER. 



Cost of implement $125. 



Life in years or acres cut 8.17 years; 669 acres. 



Acres cut per day by 1 man and 3 horses 7.73 acres. 



Acres shocked per day, 1 man 3.31 acres. 



Cost of cutting and shocking .' $1.50 per acre. 



AVERAGE DATA FOR HARVESTING WITH CORN SHOCKER. 



Cost of implement $125. 



Number of hills per shock 100. 



Shocks or acres 1 man and 3 horses harvest per day 151 shocks; 4.67 acres. 



Cost of cutting and shocking $1. 06 per acre. 



Cost per bushel of picking and husking corn. 



By hand from field 



Aciditional cost of team for cribbing. 

 By hand from shock 



Cents. 

 3.5 

 1.0 

 5.3 



Additional cost of team for cribbing. 



By corn picker from field 



By busker and shredder from shock . 



Cents. 

 0.79 

 4.1 

 4.5 



Cost per acre of husking corn and preparing fodder. 



Cutting and shocking corn 



Husking out of shock by hand 



Husking and shredding liy machine. 

 Hauling and shredding fodder 



Comparative cost. 



By hand. 



$1.50 

 2.08 



Sled 

 cutter. 



51.18 

 ■2.68 



2.50 



Binder. 



$1.50 



Shock;r. 



$1.06 



4.41 

 5.47 



