Posted by ron muhlenkamp on May 31, 2015 at 20:47:44 from (24.101.242.216):
In Reply to: picking corn posted by Nick167 on May 31, 2015 at 08:38:52:
Dad bought our farm in 1951, when I was seven. And went to work at New Idea in Colwater, Ohio, to pay for the farm. The next year we shucked 15 acres of corn by hand. I 'd go to the field each night after school, and he'd join me after work and all day Sat. It took us 6weeks to shuck 15 acres of corn. I've been told that assembly lines are boring, but I've never seen a line as boring as 15 acres of corn to be shucked by hand. As many of you know, in the 1960's New Idea was the largest maker or corn pickers and manure spreaders. Connie and I were married on June 22, 1963. Coldwater was celebrating an anniversary and we newly weds were invited to ride as guests of honor in an unused manure spreader. Connie declined the honor. To this day, I don't understand it.
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