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chinery. On rocky, hilly land machinery cannot be used to so 

 great advantage. 



Tools do Good Work. Improved tools often do work better 

 than it was done by old methods. Modern plows and harrows 

 break the soil deeper and fine it better than the old wooden plows. 



Count's.)- of Louisiana Agricultural Station 



SHREDDING CORN 



This machine takes the ears from the stalks, husks the ears, and shreds the stalks, blades, 



and husks. 



The grain drill sows seed more evenly than it can be distributed by 

 hand. The steam thresher separates grain from the straw and 

 chaff better than does the old-fashioned flail. A cutting or shred- 

 ding machine is needed to make cornstalks into good fodder. 



Weight of Machinery. Much of the improved machinery is 

 heavy and requires large strong horses and mules or steam power 

 to work it. A machine, like a man, needs weight and strength jn. 

 order to do a great deal of work. 



