CHAP. 

 XI. 



47 3 



MAIZE 



This machine takes the stalks with the ears on them, removes 

 the ears, husks them, and shreds the stalks and leaves for 

 feeding. 



There are many other makes, differing in design, but 

 having much the same general construction. Where these 

 machines are used it is a great advantage to have the stalks 

 harvested by a maize binder, as they are then bound in 

 straight bundles, thus saving time and avoiding the danger of 

 choking the machine. 



Special threshing machines have sometimes been used for 



Fin. 178. — Marshall & Son's sheller. (Courtesy of Messrs. D. E. Hockly & Co., 



East London.) 



threshing maize fodder, but they do not appear to be in general 

 use ; Hunt (1) suggests that the chief objection to the threshing 

 machine was that it shelled the grain, which at that time of year 

 usually contained too much moisture to be stored safely in 

 that condition. 



452. Combined Husker and Sheller. — Where large crops of 

 say 500 acres and over are grown, hand-husking is a practic- 

 able impossibility owing to shortage of labour and the time 

 involved. To meet this difficulty combined huskers and shelters 

 have been designed, and a large number of them are now in 

 use. In South Africa these are mostly of English make, and 



