Picking Ear Corn in South Central Minnesota
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Topic: Picking Ear Corn in South Central Minnesota
Posted By: Wingnut87
Subject: Picking Ear Corn in South Central Minnesota
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2011 at 7:30pm
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Here are a couple videos that I made this year for you guys to watch and I promise there are Allis Chalmers in it. These show us picking corn this year. Hope you enjoy and please post your comments on here and YouTube, because I enjoy reading them and answering any questions. Thanks!!
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Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2011 at 8:14pm
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Yet another practice becoming a thing of the past. ------------- German Shepherd dad 1957 Allis Chalmers WD45 #WD234847 1951 Allis Chalmers WD #WD88193 |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2011 at 8:18pm
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Nice videos . Thanks for posting .Love that corn crib. Any idea how many bushels can fit in that? Top loading device is pretty neat too. What size is the mesh on the outside? Like the way you catch shelled corn through screens on elevator.We always kept screens closed but I like the way you did it.
Also how wide are your rows planted? ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: acben20
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2011 at 9:48pm
| nice hey i live in waseca we should look each other up some time~! |
Posted By: Burgie
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 5:23am
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What gear was the AC and NI picker running? Great videos. ------------- "Burgie" |
Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 5:54am
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That is a nice crib setup. Sure glad you posted the videos. Took me back to a much more pleasant time in my life. God Bless. ------------- When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!! |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 8:55am
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That was nice viewing,but a couple of comments. Ear picking was slow,slow compared to a combine. Among other things was to keep the wagons unloaded to keep the pickers running. 15-20 acres a day probably was pretty common and that took two guys, or a man on the picker and a boy unloading. The boy part was mine and I always thought my uncle had the better deal,until I was an adult,released from the Army,and farmiing on my own. I soon found out there wasn't a great lot of fun sitting on the tractor with all the dirt and dust,shucks,etc. blowing in your eyes,ears and down your neck! Still it had to be done,and that was the only way to do it. There was a proper way to fill a crib too. You started at one end and filled towards the other. The reason was that it made it easier to unload when shelling. The ears would slide down the pile and orient themselves in a common direction and make it a lot easier when shelling to pick out with a corn rake. Remember, everything,(well almost)had to be grubbed out and scooped into the corn sheller's drag. If you started on the wrong end, all the ears would be pointed the wrong way and be wedged together. The flat crib would be easier to shell out than the round crib for this reason. We didn't like round cribs because they were simply more work. In a flat crib,once you got the pile slidiing it would unload a lot of corn before you had to rake it. In a round crib almost all of the corn was wedged together and have to be raked out. This made for pretty strong arms on the boys and the "townies" soon learned not to mess with a farm boy even if he was littler. LOL Still, my son,best friend,Darrell, enjoy picking about an acre for cattle and sheep feed every fall, and reminisciing about the (not) so good old days!!!!
Another comment I would make is there sure was a lot of "finger pinchers" shown in those two videos. Many of the older farmers could not count to ten on their hands, some not much over six, from ear corn picking. Some could only use one hand!!! ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: Wingnut87
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 4:42pm
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Thanks for the comments!!! That crib works slick and is a time saver. We aren’t really sure yet what it holds yet, but from rough estimates it should be around 4,000. That conveyor is nice. The conveyor is 220 with an inline reverser and the red pulling thing is 110 with an inline reverser. The mesh is like a big curtain that that rolls down from the top. It is just regular 5’ chain link fencing. The shelled corn we are going to do a little different next year. On this elevator it has an extra section with screens on it that we are going to move to the top of the elevator, and then pull the wagon under the elevator and the corn should just drop right in. No need for an auger. We run 36” rows, I would like to go to 30” rows but then I couldn’t use the mounted picker and would have to run down the rows to open the field. |
Posted By: Wingnut87
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 4:52pm
| I asked my dad what gear he was in, and he thought he was running in 2nd gear on the wd45 and on the John Deere I was running in 2nd or 3rd, I am guessing my brother was in 2nd in the video. |
Posted By: wheatbreeder
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 5:05pm
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excellent video bring back many fond memories of corn picking what is your market for the corn is it fed to livestock we always experienced crib dried corn was better quality that high temperature dried corn ------------- Farm stuff 8050,6690,175,F2,5050,WD |
Posted By: Steve-Ohio
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 6:55pm
| Great movies! Dad and I both really enjoyed watching them. |
Posted By: jiminnd
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm
| Thanks, great video, haven't been around picking since early 60s. thanks again |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 8:48pm
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Do you shell it? What do you do with the cobs? I hauled lots of cobs into the basement to burn in the wood stove as a kid. We would start the fire with corn cob and then add the split ash or oak..... ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: Wingnut87
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 2:08am
| Thanks guys for the great comments. Glad you enjoy them. Yes we shell the corn with our MM 1210 we also have a White 1210. We ended up trading our cobs to our neighbor for cow manure, but we used to sell them to people for calf huts. We too have also burned a few pail fulls to get the wood stove in the shop going. |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 7:42am
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Shawn, Than's two cool vidos!!!
You make picking corn look fun. lol
Here's my old #10 NI behind the WD45.
  ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Posted By: Wingnut87
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 8:47am
| Thanks for sharing the pictures. That must take a lot of trips back and forth to fill the wagon one row at a time. Looks like it does a pretty good job yet. Would love to see more pictures. |
Posted By: DougS
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 9:30am
| That's good-looking ear corn. Nice big ears and very little shelling - for a picker. |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 10:40am
Don ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Wingnut87 wrote:Posted By: Eric[IL]
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 2:32pm
| Wingnut87, Thanks for sharing! Your video is a great mix of machinery, movies, & music. I took a few minute break to watch and really enjoyed it. Does that fancy corncrib use some type of similar unloading device underneath it, like the conveyor on top? That is one slick corncrib - congrats!! |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 3:00pm
I like your thought process Don!
There are many cool things in this ol world, and being able to spend time operating old AC tractors, is right up there close to the top of the list. ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: 427435
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 5:11pm
I remember the missing hands and arms with the hooks on the ends. The mounted pickers, with the snapping rolls or husking rolls (depending on brand) right next to the tractor driver, were really dangerous. So easy to reach in and try and pull out a stalk that was stuck without shutting off the PTO first. Picking 20 acres a day wasn't too bad when a big farm was anything over 160 acres. Now they can not only pick but shell 160 acres in a day--------some change. ------------- Mark B10 Allis, 917 Allis, 7116 Simplicity, 7790 Simplicity Diesel, GTH-L Simplicity Ignorance is curable-----stupidity is not. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 5:36pm
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That 45 sure flies through the corn. Looks a little rough on the elevator with it bouncing around but sure beats the heck outa doin it by hand. Does that fancy wire crib have a tarp that covers it for inclement weather? ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: wheatbreeder
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 7:08pm
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It would be interesting to see pic of your shelling operation ------------- Farm stuff 8050,6690,175,F2,5050,WD |