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Show Mechanical Corn Picker Reduces Number of Men Dnder ordinary conditions, farmers can profitably own a mechanical corn picker if they plant and harvest KM) acres or more, yielding 50 bushels of corn per acre, according to I'rof. F. C. Eenton. Kansas State Agricultural college. The mechanical picker reduces the number of men required to harvest and reduces the cost of harvesting in some instances to about half. Professor Fenton says. It also relieves fhe farmer of one of the most disagreeable disagree-able and monotonous farm tasks. |