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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING 



The Corn Binder or Harvester. Because of the general 

 introduction of the silo, the corn binder is used more than 

 ever before. In filling the silo the corn must be cut rapidly, 

 and besides it is much more conveniently handled when 

 bound into bundles. When the corn is shocked, the use of 

 the harvester will not show much economy over cutting by 

 hand ; this, however, is disagreeable work, and the use of the 



Fig. 157. A corn harvester of the vertical type at work. 



machine is to be commended because it does away with 

 much of it. 



Results of an investigation of corn harvesting methods* show 

 that the average acreage cut per day with a binder was 7.73 

 acres. The average life of the corn harvester was 8.17 years, 

 cutting on an average a total of 668.77 acres. The amount 

 of twine used per acre was 2.44 pounds, and one man was 

 able to shock the corn on 3.31 acres in one day. . From this 



*Farmer's Bulletin 303, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



