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THE BOOK OF CORN 



The illustration (Fig 44) shows a corn husking 

 machine invented by J. L. Locke of Nebraska and 

 patented September 11, 1901. It has been given fair 

 trial and the inventor is much pleased with its work. 

 Just what its future will be, time and further testing 

 will determine. The husker is comparatively simple 

 and is operated by one man. By means of two large 

 spiral coils working on either side of an elevator which 

 projects beyond the wagon tongue, the com is gath- 

 ered from the ground or from the stack and elevated 

 into the wagon. The illustration shows one of these 



Fie 45— Rail Corn Cribs 



In McLean county, Illinois 



coils uncovered. The ears are conveyed to husker 

 rolls in the front part of the wagon bed, where the 

 husks are removed and by means of a blower trans- 

 ferred through a blowpipe to a burlap bag in the rear, 

 large enough for holding the husks from one load of 

 ears. The ears are deposited in the wagon bed. The 

 machinery is comparatively light and can be handled 

 easily by one team. The husker will fit any wagon 

 box from thirty-two to thirty-six inches deep and 

 weighs about seven hundred pounds. After another 



