HARVESTING MACHINERY 157 



D. M. Osborn & Co., as early as 1890, presented a corn 

 harvester to the public. It cut the standing corn and elevated 

 it into a wagon drawn beside the machine. The McCormick 

 corn binder was soon to follow. It is a striking fact that the 

 first McCormick machine was a machine pushed before the 

 horses. In 1893 the Deering corn harvester was given a field 



FIG. 117 THE VERTICAL CORN HARVESTER 



trial, which was claimed to be very successful. To-day there are 

 several corn harvesters upon the market. 



220. Sled harvesters. Many attempts were made follow- 

 ing the introduction of the grain binder to build a corn 

 harvester, but all resulted in failures. The sled harvester 



FIG. Il8 THE HORIZONTAL CORN HARVESTER 



