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Fig. 95. — Sled Corn Cutter, with Automatic Knife Guards. 



183. The sled cutter (Fig. 95) . — This implement consists 

 essentially of a sled on wheels ; on one edge of this sled or 



low platform is 

 l^ackward at an 

 The sled is driven 

 near enough to 

 the row for the 

 slanting knife to 

 cut the corn «ath 

 a sliding cut. 



A man, standing 

 on the platform, 

 catches the cut corn 

 in his arms ; when 

 he has an armful, 

 he stops the team 

 and places the corn 

 on the nearest 

 shock. The cost of 



attached a long, sharp knife, sloping 

 oblicjue angle to the row of corn. 



Fig. 96. — A Home-made Sled Corn Cutter. 



