CORN SIIELLERS. 

 Fig. 215. 



191 



Churn worked hij dog-poioer. 



CoRX SiiELLERS are made for both hand and horse- 

 power. One of the most convenient and compact hand 

 machines is JBwralVs, made of iron, furnished with a fly- 

 wheel to equalize 

 velocity, and worked 

 by one person while 

 another feeds it, one 

 ear at a time. Or, one 

 person alone will turn 

 it with one hand, while 

 the ears are dropped 

 in with the other. 

 Several other good 

 corn shellers are made 

 mostly of wood. 



Fig. 217 represents 

 a sheller, mostly of 

 cast iron, driven by 

 horses, by means of jJurraiTs'cofii Sheiier. 



the band partly seen in the cut. The corn in the ear is 

 thrown into the hopper at one end, and is separated from 



