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a complete shook. This stopping of the machine greatly reduces 

 the area of corn harvested. For this rea.son, and because of the 

 greater cost and complexity of the machinery, the shocker cannot 

 yet be generally recommended to Southern farmers. The latter 

 criticism applies also to the recently invented machine for pulling 

 the ears of corn from the standing plants. 



185. Shredding corn. — A shredder is a machine that 

 tears the stover into small fragments and which, at the 



Fig. OS — Corn Hiikeh and Shrldi lr ^t "\\ rk 



same time, removes the ear anrl takes from it nearly all 

 of the shuck (FiR. 98). To dri\-e a shredder requires con- 

 sidcraljle power. 



The followins are among the advantages of shredding 

 stover as compared with feeding it whole : — 



(1) The removal of the ears from the stalks and the 

 partial shucking of the ears ; 



