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side members and equipped with bearings
for the shaft.
3. In a stalk cutting device, a revolving
stalk cutting element, a supporting shaft for
5 the same, and supporting means for said
shaft including a frame comprising upper
and lower side members, the upper side
members being provided with keepers in
which the lower side members are movably
10 supported, said lower side members being
provided with bearings for the shaft sup-
porting the rotary chopping element, and
means associated with the upper side mem-
bers for retaining the lower side members
15 at various adjustments.
4. In a stalk cutting device, a rotary chop-
ping element., a shaft supporting the same,
supporting means for said shaft including
a supporting frame and a draft frame, said
? supporting frame and draft frame being of
similar construction, and each comprising
upper side members having keepers on their
inner faces, lower side members slidable in.
said keepers and having bearings for the
shaft of the rotary cutting element, a cross 25
brace secured upon some of the keepers and
connecting the upper side members, said
cross brace being provided with down-
wardly extending lugs, threaded rods
guided through said lugs and operating 30
through some of the keepers, and a turn
buckle positioned between the lugs and en-
gaging' the threaded rods; the lower side
members being provided with apertures to
receive the outer ends of the threaded rods, 35
and means being provided to prevent said
rods from rotating when actuated by the
turn buckle.
In testimony whereof we affix our signa-
tures in presence of two witnesses.
JAMES B. GEORGE.
OSCAR STELZIG.
Witnesses:
C. P. CHASTAIN,
S. T. LONG.
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