106 INDIAN COEN CULTURE. 



lOjOOO machines since making their exhibit at 

 the Columbian Exposition. 



Where corn culture is engaged in to an ex- 

 tensive degree the self-binding harvester is a 

 great labor-saying machine, while where less 

 corn is "grown the simpler knife harvester can 

 be used to advantage. 



In hauling silage corn or fodder a low-down 

 wagon is a great improvement over the high 

 wheels. Fig.. 34, re-engraved from the Country 

 Gentleman, represents a method of carrying a 

 load close to the ground. It is made by insert- 

 ing a reach 20 feet long, made of a round pole 



Fig. 31. 



bending down with a foot curve. Closely under 

 the axles two stiff timbers over 20 feet long are 

 chained to the axles,' and cross pieces 7 feet 

 long are spiked on them to support the two 

 broad boards or planks which are outside the 

 wheels. A platform is thus formed 7 feet wide, 

 over 14 feet long, only a foot above ground. 

 Small wheels may also be bought for common 

 axles, replacing high wheels. 



Shocking the corn.— The number of hills 

 or amount of rows which may be placed in one 

 shock to best a;dvantage depends upon the 

 class of corn, whether large or small. If grown 



