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in failures. However, the present scarcity of farm labor 

 and the liberal prices paid for the picking of corn have 

 again encouraged many inventors to spend time and 

 money upon a machine of this kind. During the recent 

 seasons several makes of corn pickers have been tried, 

 with more or less success. Without any doubt, it is only 

 a question of time until a practical machine may be had. 



Two general types of corn pickers are to be found : the 

 corn picker proper and the. corn picker-husker. The for- 

 mer does not attempt to husk the ears, but simply to 

 remove the ears from the stalk. However, in this opera- 



FIG. I2O THE CORN PICKER-HUSKER 



tion a large portion of the husks are removed from the 

 ear. The remaining husks do not greatly interfere with 

 the feeding or shelling of the corn. . . 



The other type is provided with husking rolls, which 

 remove the husks before the ears are elevated into a 

 wagon drawn beside the machine. 



