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coonie minnie

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Yesterday, my middle son and I went to help m father-in-law shell the last of his ear corn. He operates an organic farm in central IL, and until 2020 still put up a bunch of ear corn. There were a few loads left in the crib, and we offered to help clean them out.

I made more movies than pictures, but here's a few of the stills to give you an idea.
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Noticed what appears to be truck wheels instead of original. Was this a stationary sheller for a
Seed Corn company?
 
Middle son is 18. Father in law finally built a bin with dryer a couple years ago, so the crib is like not to be filled again- or not to the extent it was a few years ago.
 
It's a John Deere number 6. They were available in truck mount, or with wheels from the factory. Most of the ones I've seen were truck mount. This one was at one point, too- but was converted to tractor operated. It appears one of the truck axles was used in conversion.
 
The corn was picked with a New Idea uni-harvester. As you can see, the husking bed has major issues, and there's a lot of husk in the corn.
 
Looks more like the snapping rolls are to wide and the stripper bars are worn some for the husk issue. They used to clean the ears pretty good when set right. We have an old uni with a 4 row head and sheller. Would sell the whole thing if somebody wanted it. Has a chopper and heads for it too.
 
New Idea pickers usually picked clean but the husking bed can be overloaded if a Uni has a six row head in front. My father in law had a newer Uni with a six row head. It kept me hopping keeping up with wagons, it could pick a lot of corn in a hurry. But the corn was not the cleanest I have seen. A few stalks came in with the corn because of the stripper head. He picked seed corn with it too. The seed company wanted the husk left on the ear to cushion the kernels so it didn t matter if the picker did not do a clean job.
 
I took a lot of video, which I cannot get to post here. If someone knows how, I'd try.

Here's some more photos, from before we started.
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I like that built in drag in the bottom of the crib, that would sure make it easy. How many rats? Never saw a crib that didn't have them. Always liked feeding ground ear corn. Don't have a crib anymore.
 
Ahhh!! the good old days, shell corn in the morning and throw bales after lunch. Then later in the summer football practice in the morning/evening. Still found time to get into a little mischief.
 
Nice photos. Thanks for posting. Central Il - How far from Okawville? But I guess Okawville is considered southern IL.
 
Does it matter if there are a lot of husks in the crib? I mean the sheller will take them out anyway. Will the corn keep better or worse with the husks?
 

Way back when I was a kid, and even several years after, there was a farmer in our neighborhood who did custom corn shelling. A John Deere #6 corn sheller mounted on an International Harvester KB6 truck. The 6 cylinder engine in that truck would just set there and power the corn sheller all day long and never whimper.
 
More shucks means harder work getting the corn out of the crib. We used pick axes one time on extra shucky corn. It stood up in the crib like a wall. We kept undermining it and someone had to climb to the top to knock it down from up there. The farmer used the shucks for bedding so he didn t care but we who helped him did care. The one saving Grace was his wife was an excellent cook. The last time i helped him shell he had picked it with a brand new New Idea picker that picked it clean as a whistle. The corn ran like water in the crib. All we had to do was clean up what didn t run with a scoop. It was fun to watch the corn flow into the drag by itself.
 
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