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John Deere Shelling Days Jigsaw Puzzle
Description:
Everyone is hard at work on the farm in
this new introduction to our popular John Deere series.
Salt-of-the-earth farmers operating heavy duty equipment set the scene,
while family members look on with pride. As a special bonus, the box
bottom features interesting John Deere facts and history.
The Charles Freitag image on this jigsaw puzzle depicts life on the farm
during shelling days. These are the days when the corn is harvested and
"shelled." Shelling corn is the process of removing the kernels from the
cob. The earliest methods of shelling consisted of removing the kernels
by hand with a piece of iron or shell. In 1815 the had-operated corn
shelling machines appeared in the United States. These machines
consisted of a spiked disk turned by a hand crank. The operator pressed
the ear of corn against the spikes causing the kernels to fall from the
cob into a box below.
In the 1840's an improved corn shelling machine was developed. The
machine had a flywheel on the outside to make cranking the machine
easier and a spout to feed the ear of corn into the machine.
Hand-operated corn shellers came in a variety of designs and models
including both box mounted machines and floor models. Normally two
people operated the corn sheller. One person cranked the handle while
the other person fed the ears into the sheller. Two people working
together could shell sixty to eighty bushels of corn per day.
In 1843, the first horse-=powered corn sheller was planted. This type of
sheller was larger than a had-operated sheller, was powered by two
horses, and increased productivity to 100 bushels of corn shelled per
day. Towards the turn of the century the horse powered shellers were
improved with self-feeding conveyer belts and modified for use with
steam power. These improved machines could shell 2,500 bushels of corn
per day.
Puzzle Info:
1000 Pieces John Deere Jigsaw Puzzle
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