The idea a bang board is so you did not have to be careful not to over throw the wagon and put what you just picked on the ground on the other side of the wagon. Like the one poster said about husking from both sides the husker had to be extra careful not to over throw the wagon and hit the person working on the other side, that would have greatly slowed down the husker having to constantly watch that he did not over throw the wagon. 5 guys working on one side of a wagon with a bang board could husk more than the 5 guys working like he said as they did not have to watch that they did not over throw. But then you needed a very long wagon to do that. 2 guys each taking one row on the same side was all that would work with what was a normal 10' wagon as the first had to be working close to front of wagon and second about 5' behind throwing to rear of wagon so the second person was not constantly hitting the first in the head with a thrown ear. Usually it was just one person and depending on ability if the person felt like taking one or 2 rows at a time. If taking 2 rows at a time the person would be between the rows, if only one row depending on if he was right handed one row between what he was husking and the wagon so he would not be in line with a wheel. If he was left handed this would be reversed. And it was usually a high wood wheel wagon used with a box bed and remember they are narrow. In my area most were 42" beds so that made only 40" between sideboards ( other areas used a 38" bed with 36" between sideboards) and without that bang board very easy to over throw and also if you had a partial load that the thrown ear would hit the corn already in the wagon and do a skip and go over the other side. So the bang board was a time saver as the thrower did not have to constantly watch where he was throwing to be putting the thrown corn on the ground 3-4 rows across the wagon. I was too young to get involved with the husking as I was born in 43 and Dad bought the first picker in 46 and I think it was first year of production as all gears were put on with just a pin that kept shearing, the next years production they put a key in to take the load off the pin. Then a couple of years later Dad was able to buy a husking bed for that picker but I think it was made by a different company than that had made the picker. Pulled the picker home behind the 41 Ford car. Good husking depended on having a good team of horses that you were not constantly having to tell them when to move forward and when to stop. If using a tractor you needed a dedicated tractor driver that could move 10' at a time. If you knew you over threw the wagon you had to stop husking and go around and find and pick up that ear and you would loose at least the time to husk the length of the wagon. That ear was too valuable for feed to leave it on the ground as is done with todays corn heads. That is why you opened a field by hand ahead of a picker, even a 2 row mounted picker. you went in ahead of tome and husked out the corners and picked them up when the picker got there.
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