Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-13
Considerable Satisfaction De-
rived, Even If the Profits
Should Be Somewhat Less
A CORN HuskINa MACHINE.
Trial of a Machine Near stratford Al.
tracted Much Attention-ApparentIy
a Success When Ground Is Dry
Something About Its Construction
An Elevator for Unloading.
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Stratford, Nov. 13.-Any observer OF
the different phases of farm life can
q man obtains from growing q high
grade of stock or q superior product OF
any kind that it is his work to pro-
duce. 1t may be the case as some AS
sert, that 1t is generally the ordinary,
given ordinary care, that makes the
best financial returns; that
those who strive to pro-
'duce only the very best accomplish
their object by an Improbable expen-
diture OF time, energy and money.
There lis no doubt that the average
farmer is farming for the money there
Is in It, He wants suitable financial
returns for his outlay. both Of hours
and dollars, and II he didn't work on
that principle he wouldn't be on a farm
very long without outside assistance;
but If appearances prove anything the
owner of an extra-good animal or
grain product derives satisfaction In
It's production and ownership that the
one who works for financial gain only,
never enjoys. III you can spare q few
minutes go out with me to the pasture
and I'll show you colt that d. a. colt, :"
said O. man to me the other day. He
had plenty of work to do and expected
to make good every minute lost by ex-
ira effort later. but the pleasure OF ex-
hibiting the animal which was very
fine one more than repaid him for the
time expended. II am sorry 1t Is RAIN
ing said an enthusiastic believer in
the corn growing theories of Prof.
Holden, II should like to show you some
corn raised this year." 1t was not
because the field in question was more
valuable because Of increased yield that
he wanted his visitor to see It. When
see a farmer striving only for financial
profit, combining himself entirely to the
growing of only ordinary products
think of numerous instances like these
and conclude that he is denying him.
self one of the greatest sources OF
pleasure incident to farm lie.
The recent introduction OF a corn
husklng machine has excited the I'M
terest Of the rural population of this
community. Two tests have been made
with 1t but a heavy rain compelled the
operators to postpone further exper-
until the muddy fields are
dried up. The principal results of the
first test were several negatives" se-
cured by enterprising photograpHl!fs
and some hurried trips to and from the
nearest blacksmith shop. The second
was more encouraging to those who at
tended for the purpose Of seeing a ma
chine husk corn, several loads being
taken to THE crib. asked the young
man who purchased the machine how
many people were present at the trials.
He said about twenty five saw the first
test and "hke the fourth Of July" the
next one.
The external appearance of the ma
chine is not unlike that of corn bin
der except that 1t is provided with an
elevator which carries the corn to the
wagon. The ear is separated from the
stalk by means of rollers placed near
enough to each other to retain the ear,
DUC 10 dlGOW ullS SlStih w pass 'CAAl us
A second set Of rollers completes the
husking process. Most of the husk Is
left on the stalk which is crushed and
bent over by the machine. Under fav-
orable conditions 1t is claimed that $50
bushels can be husked by the machine
in ten hours. Four good horses are
required to pull 1T when in operation.
Three hundred dollars is the price
asked for this new addition to the
farming outfit, which may revolutionize
the present laborious method Of har-
vesting Iowa's principal crop.
In the meantime however, a farmer
living on one Of the routes from this
town drove into his yard the other
day a few minutes before noon with a
26-bushel load saying that it was the
second one of the kind he had husked
since morning, that he was prepared
to repeat the operation in the after
noon, and that twenty-five cents COW
cred the cost of his corn husking ma
chine which consisted of a pair Of
and hook
An extensive corn raiser living on an
Ellsworth rural route this fall invested
In an eloVEdlUOr ueSlSlISu LOT CIle FStplu
and easy transfer of corn from the
wagon to the crib. The contrivance
answers the purpose as he has unload
ed three loads of about thirty-seven
bushels each. all in twelve minutes. It's
establishment on the farm had anotlh-
err effect however, which the purchaser
did not forsee. He has no trouble to
get help now to husk his corn altho he
pays a half cent per bushel less than
his neighbors offer, some of them with
out obtaining the desired assistance.
To drive in with a big load at noon and
have nothing to do but go In to din
ner while the employer unlonds the
corn himself, as he frequently does Is
a new thing in that community and is
evidently regarded as snap" in COM
parison with throwing 1t by hand over
the side of crib ten or twelve feet
high. c. ID. WILSON.