953 nut 55,229 #1 Posted January 14 The Corn Binder When early farmers harvested corn they would either pick the ears for shelling or shock the stalks and remove ears at a later time. By the 1890's most farmers had a corn binder which allowed them to harvest corn without having to cut the stalks by hand. The corn binder put the corn into sheaves and farmers would then put them into shocks. Much like the grain binder the corn binder cut the stalks, bundled them and placed the bundles on the ground to be picked up. Once the bundles of corn stalks were in the thrashing room the ears were removed from the stalks and the corn stalks were chopped and added to silage for feeding cattle. The ears of corn would then be stored in a corn crib. 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,227 #2 Posted January 14 As a kid, I visited my great uncle’s farm in IL. He had a big screen-sided bin holding ears of dried corn that he fed to his chickens and hogs. No cattle on his farm. I was much more interested in the what-seemed-to-me-gigantic IH tractor which we were forbidden to climb on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,229 #3 Posted January 14 2 hours ago, Handy Don said: I was much more interested in the what-seemed-to-me-gigantic IH tractor Even as a kid you had a hankerin to get on a tractor, me too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
