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MAIZE 



CHAP, always to the same side, yet permit free entrance of the up- 

 XI - right stalks at the receiving end, snapping rollers have been 

 arranged in slightly skewed relation, by which the upright 

 stalk may be gradually forced to one side as the picking 

 rolls pass along, and the ears are broken off and directed 

 to one side. The ears are carried back by a travelling con- 

 veyor and either delivered to a set of husking rolls or else, 

 without being husked, carried by an elevator and delivered 

 into a wagon which is driven alongside the machine. 



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Fig. 176. — Maize picker at work in America. 



"Another form of modern practical corn picker has the 

 guide chains with the usual prongs for straightening up the 

 stalks. The chains form a stalk-passage extending rearwards 

 through the machine. A rapidly moving chain provided with 

 fingers is located at one side and between the guide chains in 

 such a position that, as the machine passes over the row, the 

 fingers engage the ears on the stalks and snap them off. By 

 means of a deflector the ears are directed to a receptacle from 

 which they are carried to the husking rollers and then to the 

 wagon. The tops of the cornstalks are cut off, and by means 

 of a conveyor this and other trash is carried to the rear and 

 dropped on the ground. 



