Corn Sheller
c. 1900
20th Century
37 in. x 22 1/2 in. x 20 1/2 in.
Unidentified,
Wittemore, Belcher & Co,
Object Type:
Farming and Agricultural Tool
Medium and Support:
iron on wood
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum
Accession Number:
1980.2
A heavy rectangular machine for removing kernels from corn cobs. There are two large iron wheels with teeth on the top and a ;arge iron wheel on the outside back of the works with a crank on the front. A shute for emitting corn emerges from the right side. It was made in Chicopee Massachusetts by Whittemore, Belcher & Company and is marked "Improved Corn Sheller/First Premium Corn Sheller."