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The first two illustrations of corn- 

 shellers represent excellent machines, 

 made by the Sandwich Manufacturing 

 Co., Sandwich, Illinois the first being 

 a small hand-machine, adapted to small 

 farms; the latter larger, and better 

 adapted to farms where a large amount 

 of grain is utilized, and can be used as 

 a hand-sheller or with other power, as 

 desired. The third sheller represented 

 shows a machine mounted and ready 

 for use that will save the labor of husk 

 ing, as it shells, equally clean, either 

 husked or unhusked corn. It is 

 manufactured by Kingsland, Ferguson 

 & Co., St. Louis, Mo., and proves very 

 valuable as a labor-saving implement 

 where large quantities of corn are raised. 



It is a much more economical meth 

 od of feeding, to first have the corn 

 ground, rather than give it to stock in 

 the ear; this has not only been proved 

 by many careful experiments, but by 

 the experience of the majority of our 

 best farmers. Mr. Brown, Professor of 

 Agriculture at the Guelph Farm, Prov 

 ince of Ontario, has recently been making a variety of valuable experiments; among others 

 he has ascertained that apparently about one-fifth of the ground corn passes through the 

 stomach and alimentary canal of cattle undigested. If this be true, a much larger propor 

 tion of unground corn must pass undigested and be lost. Besides, when fed in the ear, much 

 of the corn is wasted by being trampled under the feet of the animals while eating. 



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THE FARMER S SHELLER. 



Many farmers grind both corn and cob together, as it saves shelling, and the cob is sup 

 posed to contain some nutriment. It is also sometimes ground before being husked, the thin 

 dry husk being easily reduced by the grinding process. It contains the elements of animal 

 food to a limited extent, and saves husking, where the cob is to be ground. A difference of 



