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Show FARMER CONSTRUCTS CORN CORNCUTTER CORNCUTTER CORNCUTTER CUTTER FOR FILLING SILOThe SILO SILOThe The time to cut rut t corn is before it itgoes itgoes goes oes into the ' pit 'PIt silo sUo , sas sass sa ) s LaMar LaMarJensen LaMarJensen LaMarJenscn Jensen of oC Ferron Perron , v . who oho ho has con con- constructed constructed . - structed a simple sunple supple but very efficient efficientand efficientand efficientand and economical cutter which near nearly nearly nearly ly every farmer can make or havemade have havemade havemade made at little llttle expenseThe expenseThe expense expenseThe The following followmg is a description of ofthe ofthe ofthe the cutter as told by Merrill E ECook ECook ECook Cook , agricutural ' 'agent agent ' foi fOl for Emery Emerycomty Emerycounty Emerycounty co\mty co mty county \ ' ' Mr l\Ir l Ir \ Jenscn Jensen salvaged the engine engineblock engineblock engineblock block , cranksaft crnnksaft and flywheel from froma a discarded ctlscarded automobile He then thenattached thenattached thenattached attached a 5-inch 5 inch 5-mch mch - pulley to tht the thefront thefront ' : front end of f the crankshaft cI'ankmaft cIankmaft ' in insuch insuch i isuch such a manner that the flywhe&l flywhel fly"heel flyheel flywheel " & on onthe onthe onthe the other end of 'Of ' the crankshaft crankshaftcould crankshaftcould crankshaftcould could be turned with a belt A ApIece Apiece Apiece pIece of heavy steel , taken from a adiscarded adiscarded adiscarded discarded truck spring sprmg , was mould mould- moulded moulded moulded - ed into a slightly curved knife and andfmnl andfirmly andfirmly fmnl firmly bolted to the flywheel ThIS ThISwlas Thisw'as Thisw wlas w'as was , ' as designed to act as t\\ t two t0 ' \ 0 knives knivesathched knivesattached knivesattached athched attached to tho the flywheel'The flywheel flywheel"The ' "The The 'The " The engine engme block ' was " as thcn then thcnfirmly thenfirmly thenfirmly firmly pliced phced placed to one end of a low lowplatform lowplatform lowplatform platform platformruch ' \ which \\ruch ruch measuicd measUled measmed about 4 4I 4to 4to 4to to 7 feet1th feet , ' with \1th 1th \ the flywheel flywhecl "tnd tnd and "tndknife andknife " indknife I knife protruding protrudmg over the edge"A edgeA edge edge"A "A A " A small ! iplatform platform ilatform was built over overthe overthe overthe the engine block with a chute run- run runrung running run running - ning rung to the left side of the flY flywheel flywheeland flywheeland " heel heeland and up to he the { ( he knives An angle angleiron angleIron angleiron iron ironas w \ was \\as as as placed at the end of the theI thetrough thetrough thetrough I trough to save s'We sWe . ' " wear "ear ear on the boards boardsand boardsand boardsand and to give the knives kmves a . bette1 better bettercutting bettercutting ' cutting surface For the pu purpose e of ofkeepIng ofkeeping ofkeeping keepIng the corn from flying , a awooden awooden awooden wooden hoed hccd was . .built built .bmlt bmlt . over the thekmfe theknife theknife kmfe knife with Wlth an opening at atthe . -the the .the - bottom bot- bot bottom bot bottom - tom for the corn com to tall fall through through.The throughThe . . The flywheel and knife weie wele were put putover putover putover over the pit and a belt from a apulley apulley apulley pulley on a light automobIleheel automobile \\heel heel wheel wheelwas ' \ wheelwas heel"as "as as was " attached to tJo ho the ' pulley 'Pulley on the thecrankshaft thecrankshaft thecrankshaft crankshaft The automobIleas automobile \as as was wasput , wasput \ asput put into high gear ge-ar ge ar - and the corn cornchoppmg cornchoppmg cornchopping choppmg began bcgan The machine cut cutthe cutthe cutthe the corn com almost as fine fme as a hlgh- hlgh high- high hlghpnced highpnced high-pnced high pnced - pnced . commercial chopper It dld- dld did- did dldn didn did-n did n - n t require very much power and andchopped andchopped andchopped chopped as fast as a man could couldpush couldpush couldpush push the corn into the ntaclune'Smce machine ntaclune rrtachine machine'Since 'Since Since 'Smce Smce ' that time Mi Ml Mr Jensen and andothers andothers andothers others have improved upon the ma- ma machine machine ma machine - chine A sloping slopmg chute has made the themachine themachine themachine machine easlei easiel easier to feed Some have havetried havetried havetried tried heavier engine engme heads heade ; \ and t\.nd t.nd t .nd nd . f1) f1 fly f1)wheels flywheels fl flwheels ) wheels than the old type Ford or orChevrolet orChevrolet orChevrolet Chevrolet and believe them to bemore be bemore bemore more efficient Different pawer power pawerumts powerunits powerunits umts units have been used , all being beingmore beingmore beingmore more or less IfSS successful'ITen successful"Ten successful successful"Ten ' "Ten Ten 'ITen ITen " or mor more more of these cutters cuttersI cuttersw cutterswere I w \ ere used last fall Nearly all of ofthem ofthem ofthem them did dld cooperative work and the thepeople thepeople thepeople people using them were well satis satis- satistied satisfied satisfied - tied'The fied tied 'The The ' The cost of operation is , of ofcburse ofcburse ofcourse cburse , cheap One man said he used usedonly usedonly usedonly only 10 gallons of gasoline and a arough arough arough rough measurement Indicates indicares he hehad hehad : had 80 tons or more of chopped s11 sil s11age silage silage silage"This age age'This ' "This This 'This " cheap method of cuttmg cutting cuttmgcom cuttingcorn cuttingcorn com corn has helped considerably in the thestimulatIon thestimulation thestimulation stimulatIon of corn s'lage slage ' produc produc- production production production - tion in 111 the county , and aDd especiall especially especiallyaround especiallyaround around Ferron where the cutter has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been demonstrated demonstrat d " - ' - |