Show r us USE M MACHINES CHIN S IN CUTTING UT IN CO CORN 1 4 I The Proper Time for Cutting Corn I In n Order to Preserve Its Full Feeding Value Is So Short That the Savl ng of Time From the Use of Ma Ma- for Harvesting Often Me Means ans More in the Farmers Farmer's Pocket Than Merely the Wages Saved Cutting corn with machinery does not Dot reduce materially the cost of cutting cut cut- ting It does however enable the tho farmer to cut a given acreage much more quickly and In that way often orten proves profitable The proper time for cutting corn In order to preserve Its full feeding value Is so short and ond other work Is usually so pressing that the saving of time often means menns a great grat deal more In the farmers farmer's pocket than could any on In wages waites and o other r cutting cutting g i costs T Js Is s tI the e view Taken of harvesting corn machinery machInery machinery ma ma- ma- ma chinery b by the United States department department depart depart- ment of agriculture as expressed In hi Farmers Farmers' Bulletin the Use US of Machinery Machinery Machinery Ma Ma- chinery In Cutting Corn The Tho saving savings Is s greater In cutting corn for silage than for fodder the bulletin continues The two t types pes of harvesting corn machinery the corn binder and the platform harvester are arc discussed In detail Under normal conditions It Is Ig stated the binder drawn by three horses borses will cut about seven acres In a ten-hour ten day One man will b j b-j required required required re re- re- re to operate the machine and two to shock the corn These three men working with corn knives would probably probe ably be able to cut about four acres In Iq n a hour ton day The binder therefore therefore therefore there there- fore does nearly twice as ns much work as th the thre three men without It Objection Objection t to 0 I There are ore however limitations and objections to the use of the binder If the he corn Is badly blown down the b fi er may may not be able to handle It Itna na I may have y Jo 12 stand Idle through a n season Th he t I ne ces fe ff some som o or 1 the ears arid and It may be benec necessary lo to send Ii a a titan man over oyer the field eld to pick up the ears by hand Men Menat nt at first find it harder to han handle le the bundles from a binder than to handle loose stalks Some binders drop rop the bundles so nearly behind the machine that the horses have to walk over them on the next round and thus considerable considerable con con- damage Is done to the corn I However the specialists say these objections ob- ob can be minimized even cven where they cannot be completely obviated In order to make the tho use of the binder worth while the reduction In labor and the saving saying due to getting the work done nt at t the proper time must more than pay for the use of the machine the twine and the labor of the horses The saving sa Is greater grenter when cutting for tor silage for for- several reasons The Tho binder saves the labor of at least two men In cutting Often the saving In time Um due to having the s sulks SV In bundles Instead of loose will enable the tho operator further to reduce the size of the crew If only a n small amount of silage Is to be put up a n binder would not be a pa paying Ing operation operation operation opera opera- tion unless there were a n large Quantity quantity quantity quan Quan- of other corn to cut The cooperative cooperative cooperative op co use of both binder and cutter Is discussed and Is recommended where the only corn cut Is that for silage RUnge operative Co-operative ownership and use of the binder Is said to be frequently fre frequently fre- fre advantageous od for small farmers farmers farm farm- ers The rhe use of the corn elevator In connection with the binder Is discussed discussed discussed dis dis- cussed and both the advantages and disadvantages es pointed ou out Platform Harvester Cheaper The platform ban harvester ester while while a n m cruder machine than the binder Is much less expensive to purchase requires re requires requires re- re quires only one horse Instead of three or Ir four and two men Instead of at three Its days day's work is about four or five acres Generally Generall the equivalent equivalent equivalent lent of the labor of or one man Is saved every day n the platform harvester is used The work worl Is harder with the platform harvester than with the binder bl But the platform harvester han can he be used more profitably on small farms than can cnn a binder and It can stand Idle a greater eater part of the time or wear out sooner than a binder and andI I still be a profitable Investment nt In InI I cutting corn for silage the platform h harvester le will not save ave as ns much labor as a binder Copies Caples of the bulletin may be bad had free tree on application to the division of ot publications United States department depart ment meat of Agriculture Washington |