CHAP. 

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MAIZE 



A smaller machine, the Marseilles-Adams, is also on the 

 South African market; the listed price varying from .£75 to 

 £135 according to capacity. 



Owing to the capital outlay involved in the purchase of a 

 shelling outfit, and the short period in the year for which it is 

 required, comparatively few private farmers in South Africa 

 own one. But the number of itinerant machines is on the 

 increase : these travel from farm to farm, husking and shelling 



Fig. 1S0. — Convertible hand or power sheller, suitable for small crops. 



for a percentage of the crop, or at a fixed price per muid, or 

 at so much per day. 



453. Machines for Shelling Husked Maize. — For shelling 

 husked maize there are on the market many machines, worked 

 either by hand or power, and varying in capacity and price to 

 suit the needs of every farmer. Listed prices range from 

 £l 1 os. for the little Clinton hand sheller (weight 80 lbs.) 

 to .£50 for the Champion, requiring 6 to 8 brake horse-power, 

 and having a capacity of 150 to 250 muids per day according 



