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Rear view of the tobacco harvester (pilot model). Tobacco plants come from the right _ ,, i  o f ` ;.g_4*~..7'i.t_·'
front, are cut, conveyed to position of cylinder in bottom foreground, speared auto- . V . ·   · ‘
matically, and then transferred to tobacco stick. The loaded sticks are transferred to   _ `  
an accompanying wagon by the broad canvas belt on which loaded sticks are now lying.   ‘ _ V ‘ » ,  
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TWO DEVELOPMENTS TRIED BY AG ENGINEERS WHO *¤—~
S k W t C t T b L bor `
By FRANK H. BORRIES. _IR· of this system see many possible uses and emphasize
’)"!""""""’ "f ',"l'll" "'f"""""l"" ltS pOl1€l]tl{ll VB.lll(;‘ fl1‘St BS tl l21l)OI`-SRVGI`, tllld S€COI1(1, V 
. . . as ·1 de Jarture from tl1e use of costl tobacco barns. all
'l wo devices designed to cut tobacco-crop labor co11- ( I ° _ y °
. . . .. .. I \xVorl< o11 tl1e harvester has been 111 progress for more · I
siderably are still being researched by t.1e Kentucky _ _ _ _ ,, .
. . . . than two years. lt IS a fairly complicated machine
.‘\}.[l'lCllllIllI`tll Experiment Station. . _ _ _ _
TI I I _ I_ I because of the many operations involved in cutting. -
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uE]Iu(I_l to ) liu) `u_\(`tmgIm IL mu tin; ifs? spearmg and placing stalks 011 sticks and loading them
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{lm 0 full nik ETKI IL mi/mf" to in ) In " IL S O on a wagon. Yet, despite its inherently complicated J
mtu) mm tu K ( ' nature, tl1e machine essentially is simple i11 design. ;= —
Both are still in tl1e expernnental stage. However, Tho Standing tobaooo is out by two ottoolm. outtot
the tobacco harvester was tried on a field crop this blades at tbo {toot Tho out Stalk is thou tmosbottod ‘
}'*`*U` uml ""’*`k<‘(l l’(`m"` than its ilS1`lC“lt“*`*‘l C“f€“‘€€Y to the rear and held in position for a fixed, metal spear.  
designers and builders had thought it would. AS tho Stalk is Sbom.odV it tobblos Slowly from tm uP_ I
The other system—open frames 12 feet long, 8 feet right position to a horizontal one. The stalk then is  
wide and 5 feet high, made of 2x4 lumber-also was moved up over tl1e spear and a tobacco stick is i11- ¤’ ~
tried. The open frames were loaded with sticks of serted by stages through the split in the stalk. \Vl1en .
. tobacco in the field. transported to a barn, a11d stacked a stick is loaded with a certain number of stalks, it is
by a fork-loader attachment on a tractor. Proponents automatically deposited on a wide ca11vas belt and re- 1;.3,
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