106 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
10,000 machines since making their exhibit at 
the Columbian Exposition. 
Where corn culture is engaged in to an ex- 
tensive degree the self-binding harvester is a 
great labor-saving machine, while where less 
corn is grown the simpler knife harvester can 
be used to advantage. 
In hauling silage corn or fodder a low-down 
wagon is a great improvement over the high 
wheels. Fig. 34, re-engraved from the Country 
Gentleman, represents a method of carrying a 
load close to the ground. It is made by insert- 
ing a reach 20 feet long, made of a round pole 
bending down with a foot curve. Closely under 
the axles two stiff timbers over 20 feet long are 
chained to the axles, and cross pieces 7 feet 
long are spiked on them to support the two 
broad boards or planks which are outside the 
wheels. <A platform is thus formed 7 feet wide, 
over 14 feet long, only a foot above ground. 
Small wheels may also be bought for common 
axles, replacing high wheels. 
Shocking the corn.—The number of hills 
or amount of rows which may be placed in one 
shock to best advantage depends upon the 
class of corn, whether large or small. If grown 
