As others have said the modern corn has a much tougher cob shank than when your machine was made. This is great for not dropping mature ears in the fall but it causes the ear to get squeezed into the snapping rolls before it releases on the older machines. My Dad had an Oliver #5 one row that butt shelled badly even back in the 80s. He tried the adding weld to the rolls trick but it didn't help. The only time it worked reasonably well was on days with a slight drizzle. We had a 2 row New Idea with a sheller later and it was better but every year as the breeders developed tougher plants the butt shelling got worse and worse.
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