Title

Corn Drying

Document Type

Circular

Publication Date

9-1962

Department

Agricultural Engineering Department

Circular Number

152

Keywords

corn drying

Description

Modern power units and corn harvest have brought both increased speed of harvest and greater choice in harvest methods. Corn picker-huskers, both pull type and tractor mounted, are made in one- and two-row sizes. Corn picker-shellers are made in one- and two-row sizes with some adapter sheller components to be used with the picker-husker basic machine. Lastly, the large combine, pull type or self-propelled, has been fitted with gathering points for the corn crop and can be used (with reduced cylinder speeds) for a picker-sheller. In two out of the three above instances, it is possible to combine two operations in one. This is a definite trend in harvest machinery. These self-propelled combines have been fitted with 2-row, 4-row, and in a few cases, 6-row gathering heads. Corn harvest, for a given farm, can now be accomplished in a very short time, and if done early in the season the corn will have a high moisture content. It can also be shelled in the field and go into weather-tight, rodent-proof structures for storage (provided that moisture is reduced). The shelled corn is a more suitable form for mechanized feed handling machinery to meter and deliver to the feed bunk.

Pages

24

Format

application/pdf

Type

text

Language

en

Publisher

South Dakota State State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Agricultural Experiment Station

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