Posted by Dick L on March 05, 2013 at 11:12:04 from (184.8.58.116):
In Reply to: Picture for Today posted by John B. on March 05, 2013 at 06:03:20:
Before I was old enough to help Dad shocked about 1/4th of our corn. I fellow brought in a shreader and blew the fodder into the haymow and the shell corn was bagged. The first year I was able to help Dad shocked the corn around the outside and severl places thru the field to make room for a two row picker and a tractor and wagon to drive along side the picker to catch the ear corn. Called opening up the field. The next year we opened up the fields by husking the rows and tossing the ears into the wagon and wallering down the corn as we went.
After that a neighbor had a two row mounted picker and opened up the fields for half the corn he picked.
Soon an Oliver combine came and that ended the opening up of fields.
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