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as well as a combined adjustment. The sheller should 

 be so constructed that it will not injure it to throw 

 the feeder box and the feeder bar into operation while 

 running. On either side of the sheller there should be 

 an attachment for a grain elevator. The mechanism 

 for receiving the power should be so constructed that the 

 power, if necessary, can be applied upon either side. The 

 cob carrier should be of the swing type with long enough 

 lugs on the chain and velocity enough to convey the cobs 

 away without allowing them to choke at the base. In 

 the sheller there should be plenty of surface for the cobs 

 to pass over so the corn can all separate from them. 



In selecting a corn sheller and making the first trial, 

 do not condemn the machine if it requires a large amount 

 of power to run it. Possibly the fault is not in the sheller, 

 but is in the condition of the corn. Corn which is green 

 or damp requires very nearly, if not altogether, twice the 

 power to shell it that dry corn requires. 



