THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



tor, a smaller one would have answered; but 

 the larger the machine, the quicker the work 

 can be done. 



The traveling feed-table attached to the 

 cutter takes a bundle of corn full-length, 

 runs it into the knives, from whence it is car- 

 ried up the elevator shaft by means of what 

 are called the " buckets." The elevator must 

 be several feet longer than the silo is high, so 

 that it can be placed far enough away to reach 

 the top of the silo at an angle. For instance, 

 our silo is 30 feet high, and the carrier, or ele- 

 vator, is 48 feet long, and it seems about right, 

 though the makers say that carriers need not 

 be more than 4 per cent, longer than the silo 

 is high. 



When the crops are ready, the cutter and 

 carrier are set up ready for use, and all hands 

 devote themselves to harvesting and filling. 

 Half an acre of corn is cut, then half an acre 

 of millet, next half an acre of soy beans, peas, 

 or clover whatever is ready and the rota- 

 tion is started over again. 



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