At the Huber Machinery Museum, located at the Marion County Fairgrounds various Huber equipment are preserved. Students saw various Huber tractors, harvesting equipment, and other farming equipment. During my visit I noticed the Huber Corn Husker & Shredder and at first glance it looked like thresher machines used to process the grain. After speaking to volunteers at the museum, the Huber Corn Husker & Shredder displays some social history, and how it is innovative for the farmer. The Huber Corn Husker & Shredder at the museum was manufacture on November ninth, 1926 and the original owner lived in Piqua, Ohio. At first glance of the machine almost all of the paint looked original and didn’t have any spots of random color to paint over bare
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After taking to Jay, it turns out that material was cat intestines. This shows that farmer had to use whatever materials they had on hand to keep their equipment running. This method of removing the husk from the corn saves the farmer time, money and how this technology is innovative. For example, this machine only required two people to run the Huber Corn Husker & Shredder instead of a large group of people removing the husk by hand. Jay showed me some tools that the farmers would have had to use if they didn’t have the Huber Corn Husker & Shredder. A picture of the hand tools can be seen in Figure 3 (Appendix). The big knife labeled corn knife is used to cut the stock of corn and then a claw-type husking peg is used to remove the husk. The claw-type husking peg fits around the farmers hand with the claw part on one of their finger that would cut across the ear of the corn. This method of processing a field of corn would take a lot longer and require the farmer to purchase multiple claw-type husking peg for each worker to process the …show more content…
Since farmers value efficiency this lead to advancements to our harvester machines today. The social history present with this machine is the even wear of the paint shows the machine was used and hasn’t been restored, and farmers value saving time and money. The innovation of the Huber Corn Husker & Shredder cut the farmers work force needed to harvest the crop from a group of people to only needing two people to operate the Huber Corn Husker &
After taking to Jay, it turns out that material was cat intestines. This shows that farmer had to use whatever materials they had on hand to keep their equipment running. This method of removing the husk from the corn saves the farmer time, money and how this technology is innovative. For example, this machine only required two people to run the Huber Corn Husker & Shredder instead of a large group of people removing the husk by hand. Jay showed me some tools that the farmers would have had to use if they didn’t have the Huber Corn Husker & Shredder. A picture of the hand tools can be seen in Figure 3 (Appendix). The big knife labeled corn knife is used to cut the stock of corn and then a claw-type husking peg is used to remove the husk. The claw-type husking peg fits around the farmers hand with the claw part on one of their finger that would cut across the ear of the corn. This method of processing a field of corn would take a lot longer and require the farmer to purchase multiple claw-type husking peg for each worker to process the …show more content…
Since farmers value efficiency this lead to advancements to our harvester machines today. The social history present with this machine is the even wear of the paint shows the machine was used and hasn’t been restored, and farmers value saving time and money. The innovation of the Huber Corn Husker & Shredder cut the farmers work force needed to harvest the crop from a group of people to only needing two people to operate the Huber Corn Husker &