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Corn Sheller

Threshing and Post-Harvest Processing Implements

A hand-operated or powered device that removes kernels from a corn cob, most often to prepare feed for livestock. Whole cobs are fed in and pulled between two toothed wheels, usually metal, which strip the kernels away from the cob as it passes through. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Introduced Year
1839 1
Origin
The modern hand-cranked corn sheller was invented by Lester E. Denison of Middlesex County, Connecticut, who received a patent for his freestanding, hand-operated machine on August 12, 1839; his metal-toothed cylinder design was refined by a number of later patents. 1
Classification
Power Source
Manual 1
Connections

Associated With

Maize, Crops

a corn sheller removes maize kernels from the cob

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Entity-backed identity for the power-source enum value this implement already carries, resolved to an agriculture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The power-source fact itself stays on the implement unchanged.

Sources
1. Corn Sheller (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Operation section
    Whole corn cobs are fed in. They are pulled between two toothed wheels, usually made of metal.
  • lead description or Wikipedia lead (power-source)
    A hand-operated or powered device that removes kernels from a corn cob, most often to prepare feed for livestock.
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