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bunched and eventually taken to the barn or 

 thrasher, or possibly fed to stock. Occasionally, 

 horse rakes have been used to pull the vines, but 

 this is inclined to shell them badly, even though 

 raking is done when vines are damp. If hogs are 



A PEA AND BEAX IIULLER, OR THRASHER. 



to follow the harvester the loss will not be so 

 great. 



The approved method of harvesting peas is with 

 a mowing machine. Green peas for canneries are 

 sometimes harvested with a special machine, some- 

 thing similar to a reaper. When mowing machine 

 is used a special attachment consisting of long 

 finger guards is placed on the cutter bar of the mow- 

 ing machine and lifts the vines from the ground, 

 when they are cut oflf readily by the knives. One 

 or two men can follow the mower and bunch the 



