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CORN 



the machine and to drive the horses, (from four to six in number) 

 two men and teams are required to haul the corn to the crib. There 

 are some ears left, but where cattle and hogs are turned into the 

 field during the winter and spring, little waste occurs. 



COKN PICKER AND HDSKER. 



Used in larger fields, and drawn by six horses. 



Cost of Harvesting. Not many years agii, corn growers of the 

 central states hired men to husk their corn at two cents per bushel. 

 Since then, the price has steadily raised until at the present time the 

 prevailing price ranges from four to five cents^ some even paying 

 more. 



Owners of corn-gathering machinery report the cost per bushel 

 between three to five cents. This depends upon the yield of the 

 corn per acre as only from eight to ten acres can be picked daily. 

 The use of a picker is not so much of a money saver as a time saver. 

 Men can be hired to run a wagon by the side of the loader, who would 

 be of little use as buskers themselves. 



Methods of Unloading. The scoop shovel delivers most of the 

 corn crop into cribs. To aid the shoveler, cribs are built with a 

 series of doors in order that all of the corn need not be lifted so 

 high. In some cases, where a double crib is used, an elevated drive- 

 way does away with considerable hard manual labor. 



Where a corn grower has any considerable acreage to gather and 

 store, the automatic unloaders are now almost indispensable. The 



