Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-02-13

Ill .AA q rapid husker. As
SNW took quite an in
m YNN N terest In the mat
SATT ter, I studied the
WV various plans used
by huskers In hand
ling fodder, and the movements OF the
hands, that might be able to adopt the
easiest and most rapid way. A man that
works on his knees cannot do the most
rapid work. and it is very wearisome to
stoop all day. Some plan must there
fore be adopted to avoid this.
want no rack to be bothered with;
when husk corn, have no muscle to
spare to waste lifting the corn on to
such rack. 1t would take quite q
heavy and strong affair to hold shock
such as we make here-twelve by four
teen; fourteen hills square. four
teen by sixteen, and sixteen hills
square. The custom few years
ago was to cut twelve hills
square, making one hundred and forty
four hills to the shock. Then they got
to making them little larger-twelve
by fourteen. one hundred and sixty
eight hills to the shock. Now almost
all is cut fourteen hills square. one hun
dred and ninety-six hills to the shock.
Probably few cut fourteen by sixteen,
two hundred and twenty-four hills TO
the shock. But one farmer that know
In this section this year put up his
shocks sixteen hills square, two hun
dred and fifty-six hills to the shock.
This latter I believe is the customary
size on the Sciota river bottoms. below
Chillicothe. When come to think Of
It, 1t would take considerable muscle
to hoist one of these shocks on to
frame two or three feet high, and re-
quiring 1t to be ten or twelve feet long
and bull strong to hold It. Talk about
getting husker to bother with such
an affair while husking! Just the other
day l heard n neighbor talking about
his corn cut fourteen hills square. That
makes six bushels to the shock. and
would weigh. when first cut, something
like ton per shock. When 1t comes
to handling and husking such corn us
this. a man does well TO plan little
to save lifting.
II such shock is pulled down In two
piles, and the husker gets down on his
knees TO work, getting up and stepping
over bundle when he has 1t husked.
where will he have room for the fodder
by the time the shock Is husked? When
man works on his knees to husk
pile OF corn. his hand Is not as free to
deliver the husked ears as It should be:
neither is the other hand at full liberty
to pick up the next ear. For number OF
years have not huslted much, but am
about where 1t is done. and sometimes
husk little. and know that tho plan
adopted years ago. as the speedIest, is
still practical.
l use the husking peg on the right
hand. when l go TO the shock, I pull
down q good-sized bundle towards my
left hand. Sometimes l get down on
my knees to husk this first bundle.
When 1t Is husked. the fodder is tied
and the bundle turned one-quar,er
around towards the left. This leaves
tho butts toward the corn pile. The
next bunch taken from the shock Is
thrown with the top across this bundle
OF fodder. The husked bundles OF fod-
der makes n rest for the bundles to
be husked. and caves the husker from
STOPPING.
Now, remember that / am a right
handed man striving to get the corn
husked with the least labor possible.
The fodder and corn lies before me
ready TO husk. the tops at my left, rest
ing on the bundled fodder, each stalk
within easy reach OF my left hand,
With the left hand grasp an ear; with
the right. at one stroke. the right side
OF the ear is cleared OF husks. The
left hand Ia passed over the top Of the
ear to clean OF the silks, and down
tho left side, taking the husks to the
base, where they are grasped along
with tho shank and the ear broken OF
and delivered to the pile with the right
land. While delivering with the right
hand, the next car is grasped with the
left hand. II the fodder was piled at
the right, and the right-handed husker
stood with his right side to the fodder.
he could not deliver the corn with the
right hand and grasp the next car with
the left hand nt the same time.
The right-handed man. for greatest
freedom OF action. must pile the fodder
to his left. and the leftshanded man to
the right, and for greatest ease and
comfort should stand as nearly erect
Gs possible. The man working on his
knees cannot have the freedom Of nc
tion that Is possible when Standing
J. II. Jamlson in Country Gentleman.
Michigan horticultural Convention.
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