The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-29

NJ hav from the same land. II gives two
crops instead OF one from the corn neio.
and the second crop. the fodder. - inc
most profitable Of the two. because " "1s
cost nothing 10 grow u.
The vertical corn binder 10 the great
triumph OF the closing years OF the nino-
teenth century. II gives the FARMER
successful machine with which TO con.
quer on the last great battlefield OF mana
labor on the farm. II completes the
chain OF inventions which enable the
farmer 10 ride on a comfortable spring
seat I'm all his work. from the hrst fur-
row OF spring TO the last corn row In the
fall IL IL an achievement that has trieo
the mettle OF hundreds OF inventors. Tor
corn IL stubborn crop that seems 10
ave taken delight In bafiiing the IN
ventors who sought to build corn-har.
vesting machines. A dozen years ago y
was a common saying among men VINO
were experimenting with corn harvester
that any one could p.iild machine IN
cut nice "Sunday-school corn" where the
stalks all stood IN straight in the rows.
but that the real test where inventors
failed was IN trying 10 handle down
corn SO that the crop might he harvested
under all the conditions In which u -
found at cutting time. This was the test
i'm which the vertical corn binder proved
| ire fndsteF. 3kdT utf X ip W itr ~'t~s Wv
mac ine moves forward. straddling the
row The long dividcrs which project for
ward at each sids OF the row pick up tho
| down stalks and the gathering chains lift
| them up into vertical position. The corn
| IL not carried back through the machine.
| strictly speaking-the machine moves for
ward and gathers the corn In bundles as
| II goes. much as a man might walk for
| ward a-strs ddle OF the row. gathering up
4 n. x.x1 Afff-
| ting a as he went with knives on his feet.
| In this manner the corn Is handled gent
| ly yet firmly. and II bound I'm compact.
| square butted bundles which stand up In
| solid shocks. This is the triumph OF the
vertical corn binder. that II will harvest
tho crop in any and all conditions In
which II Is found at cutting time. har'
vesting successfully big corn. little corn.
down corn. lodged corn or any other kind
OF corn that grows In rows"
Husking and Shedding Machines.
II is about forty years since inventors
began 10 dream of corn husking ma
chine but il is only within the past ten
years that practical machines have been
available for the farmer. So long as the
| husking OF the corn was the only object
sought there was no real demand for
these machines. because the farmer could
not save enough labor to warrant their
use. Since the discovery OF the great
value OF corn fodder. and the equipment
Of these machines with shredder heads to
shred the fodder. the demand has gfown
rapidly, and one company has sold sew
erai thousand in the state OF Indiana In
the past few years.
The first husking and shredding ma
chimes that were put out were made by
small manufacturers who did not have
the facilities to build good machines. The
strains to which a husker and shredder
are subjected. especially In handling
heavy corn are very severe. and the
! strongest and most scientific construc-
ton is required 10 make durable ma
? chine II was not until firms having
; large capital had taken hold OF the
? problem and brought all Of their technical
} skill and experience to bear that II was
, possible for the farmers TO obtain at a
| moderate price a machine that would
give satisfa elton. The machines that had
| formerly been put out would not shred
the fodder fine enough. leaving II In Ions
strips that would roll up In cows
, stomach. and often these machines were