UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
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67 a strain, and a breakage was the result, through no fault of the machine, but because it was asked to do more than it was fitted for. Of farm machinery for which there is demand as yet unsupplied, may be named a field corn-husker; a harvester for corn stalks; a ditch-digging and tile-laying machine. Ingenious and partially successful attempts have been made in each of these directions, but success has not been attained.