The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-29
SHOCK LOADER
PROVES SUCCESS

Taylor Reporter: On Saturday last
the writer in company with J. M. Noes
made an automobile trip to the Erland
Paulson farm, eighteen miles north Of
Taylor. This farm is one Of the best
in the country and is situated on the
Knife river amid pleasant surround
1ngs. A beautiful grove of trees around
the farm home makes it one Of the
most desirable places to live in the
country. A magnificent residence,
such as would be a credit to any city,
is the country home of Mr.. Paulson
and family. The farm comprises two
sections Of bottom land and this year
especially Mr.. Paulson can boast of
the biggest yields in the country one
field of wheat alone looking as though
an average of twenty-five bushels
would be low estimate.
After a look around the place Mr..
Paulson invited us down to nearby
field where he had a gas tractor at
work pulling two binders and the pat
ent shock carrier, of which he is the
inventor. Mr.. Paulson devised this
machine about three years ago and
although the original model has been
improved on he still uses the old
shocker and the successful manner in
which it handles a shock of grain
proves its worth and it will not be long
before they are in universal use The
device was patented at that time and
this summer Mr.. Paulson applied for
another patent covering certain i'm
provements on the old model. Taking
his blue prints to Minneapolis he had
demonstrator manufactured and this
Is now being used on one Of the bind
ers. .. '.-.. ..
The shock carrier under his patent
replaces the usual bundle carrier and
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consists Of box arrangement on a
platform on which man stands and
pushes the bundles into the shocker.
When enough bundles for shock are
In the receiver the operator pulls q
lever and releases the backboarE on
the shocker and at the same time an
automatic arrangement pushes the
shock out Of the pipes and sets the
shock on the ground. The shocks as
we saw were in much better condition
to withstand the wind and were intact
from all sides. it being almost i'm
possible to push them over. The plat
form catches all the loose grain and
that this alone is big saving is dem
onstrated when experimenting with
the new shocker this season in that
all the way from ten to twenty bush
els OF loose grain are saved in a days
run. Mr.. Paulson estimates that one
bushel of grain to each acre cut. While
it takes one man to manipulate the
shocker it is even then labor saver
in that by the old hand methods of
shocking grain it would require three
men to follow two binders, and using
his device a more substantial shock is
secured. The saving in labor and
grain makes of this machine that
ought to find a ready market and soon
be in general use.
Another feature of the machine is
that it will not require any extra horse
power and il anything will make
binder easier to pull in that it takes
the side draft off. The shocker COM
plete will not weigh over 400 pounds,
and when placed on the market it Is
estimated that the cost will not ex-
er's means. The saving Of grain in
one season will more than pay for the
machine and 1T ought to prove a ready
seller on its merits as a money saver.
Mr.. Paulson has received several
.alluring offers for his patent, but mas
much as he has something that is
practical and machine that will revo-
lutionize the present method of shock
ing grain he Is holding onto his pat
.ent and may in the near future decide
to engage in the maufacture of the
machine himself. He expects to go
to Minneapolis next week and will have
a model made which he will exhibit at
the Minnesota state fair. He has his
device patented in both the United
States and Canada and from the lat
ter country has received numerous
inquiries about the machine. Mr.. Paul
son spent several years in the perfec-
ton of his patent and now that he
has it where 1t is a useful farm inn
.pIement and a marketable machine,
he will reap the reward he so Justly
deserves for labor and money he has
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