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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



FIG. 12. HUSKING TABLE. 



The practice of cutting up corn is becoming more common 

 each year, as farmers learn the value of corn fodder. It is tire- 

 some work to husk all day on 

 one's knees, or with the back 

 bent. A husking table, as 

 shown in Fig. 12, will keep the 

 fodder from the dirt, and en- 

 able the husker to stand up to 

 work. It is, also, more con- 

 venient to bind the fodder on the table than the ground. It 

 should be made strong and well braced, but of light material. 



It is often necessary for some one to go alone to the field 

 to bring in a load of shock corn, and any one who has tried it 

 knows how difficult it 

 is to load. Fig. 13 

 shows how to arrange 

 a ladder up which a 

 man can easily walk 

 with his arms full of 



COrn fodder. It is ^FIG IS. LAPDER FOB LOADING FODDER. 



merely a plank, two inches thick, a foot wide and ten or twelve 



feet long, attached by ropes or chains' to the rear end of the 



wagon. 



Fig. 14 shows a cheap corn horse. It is often desirable to 



cut off the corn and seed the shock row before setting up the 



shocks. This can be done by 

 the use of the "horse." The 

 pin should fit loosely, and be 

 long enough so that it can be 

 easily drawn out after the shock 



is set up, when the horse can be drawn forward to where the 



next shock is wanted and the pin put back. 



Fig. 15 illustrates a simple device for pulling straw out of a 



stack. Go to the woods and cut a 



limb five or six feet long with a 



branch near the large end, which FIG. IS.-HAY HOOK. 



must be cut off and sharpened, and the end of the limb sharp- 



FIG. 14. SHOCKING-HORSE. 



