Letter from Joseph Maudru concerning the Kranich beet harvester

Letter from Joseph Maudru concerning the Kranich beet harvester

Maudru, Joseph, author

1930 August 14

Recipients: J. I. Case Company; Calame, J. I. ') August 14, 1930. • C. F. 0 :nager J • 1. Case Oo,mn1mv, 1800 • 16th Stre t Den r, Colorado ~ dear ur. o lam , I bnve to.ken up W1 th our p op l the vi owe ot the Kranich beet h4l'Veete:,, and 11 trom th photographs alone th met deto.11 ot tho orldn ot the h1ne le Uttle obaoure, we mve the followt obs rvat1on to 1. From th photographs 1 t would a.pp t t the aeot1ons of th machine, the lght ot th dr1V1~ chains, to., are all too light. In oar ob nation lo th1a 11 we tim the tured boet th the aver top grown tn this country 11 r ther a ponderous · unit and the hmldllng of it e proposed in tba photog.raP!5requ1ree em ed1 ly ragg co truotlon. 2. From t photogr.iph8 we intw that the beet including the top 1a tirot lttte4 trom th groun nd then by IDtohanio 1 o.ns is transported to th v1o1n1ty of a knite, d tmr thB operation ot eev r1 the top tro t'h beet 1 pertormed am the beet am top ar aepara ted, Wh1 le we cannot affirm po 1 ti ve ~ tla t 1 t 1a more fe 1 ble to top th t 1 le 1 t i ti 11 tn the ground and then pull the topped beet trom the round, at loatit our ten years ob vation 4 expenenoe th this probl indio t o t t the prooedur ot toppi in the' groand la pro bly tbs most teaa1bl • Jo Will ppreo1ate t:tnt the devolopment ot the m chtmism as complex o.a a be t harv ater la usually the result ot·m?l1" trl 1 and error id a, nd that n opinion euob as the abov rrived at ~ o rvaUon ot photo rapha ie 11 ble to be entirel:, rong. a wish to assure you that the opinion abOve given is unb1 ed &1 the reoul t ot our very b t JUdgment. 'l'rusttng that the above obsenattom w111 b accord1J18 to your deeirea, we re Joseph udru JllaA P. s. e are zoetamtng photo Yours very tru J.y, Aaalatant Gen ral Superlntoment. pll herewith.

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