CUTTING AND HAULING THE CORN. 



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use. It has been improved and made easier to pull by 

 providing it with four low and broad cast-iron wheels. 

 It is pulled by a single horse and cuts two rows at a time. 

 Two men stand upon the cutter, each facing a row; as the 

 corn is cut they gather it into armfuls; which they drop 

 into heaps on the ground. A wagon with a low, broad 

 rack follows, on which the corn is loaded and hauled to 

 the silo. 



Similar corn cutters have been made by various man- 

 ufacturers of late years and have proved quite satisfac- 

 tory, although they require more hand labor than the corn 

 harvesters and do not leave the corn tied up and in as 

 convenient shape for loading on the wagons as these do. 

 It is also necessary to use care with the sledge type of 

 corn cutter, as numerous cases are on record where both 

 men and horses have been injured by getting in front of 

 the knives, which project from the sides. 



Fig. 27. Low-down rack for hauling fodder corn. 



A low-down rack for hauling corn from the field is 

 shown in the accompanying illustration (Fig. 27). It has 

 been used for some years past at the Wisconsin Station, 

 and is a great convenience in handling corn, saving both 

 labor and time. These racks not only dispense with a 

 man upon the wagon when loading, but they materially 

 lessen the labor of the man who takes the corn from the 

 ground, for it is only the top of the load which needs to 

 be raised shoulder-high; again, when it comes to unload- 

 ing, the man can stand on the floor or ground and simply 

 draw the corn toward him and lay it upon the table of the 



