Yes, fall is here. As I watch the corn being hauled away out of the field in trucks going straight to the elevator. How time has changed. The words of "pickin' corn", "shuckin corn", "shellin' corn", "grindin' corn", are a distant vocabulary. Now we "combine" with a "corn header". This magic piece of machinery does the whole process in one step, almost. I wanted to share a picture of one of the "steps" dad did when doing corn. I can remember the red cobs that were picked up after shelling. Ah yes, and this was not a "one-man" operation. It took the family and the neighbor families to "get-r-done". It was a process of who could start first, and then on to the next neighbor until the corn was all done. I can remember men in big old coats, hats with earflaps down, and heavy gloves in and out of the yard. And women brought in a dish of some sort to help with the meals. These are great memories of neighbors around the Haigler community. Speaking of corn-cobs, anyone remember how many uses those darn things were used for????
Ah, Yes!! Corn Cobs!! We heated our house with a "wood burner" in the living room. And, of course, never had real wood to burn. Coal was expensive, so dad piled those red cobs in the "coal house" and it was one of our "chores" to bring in the cobs or coal every morning. BRRRRR!!!
BTW, that must be where the word "cob webs" came from because the dust from them caused them to appear in the corners of the room and we had to sweep them down.
Yes, fall is here. As I watch the corn being hauled away out of the field in trucks going straight to the elevator. How time has changed. The words of "pickin' corn", "shuckin corn", "shellin' corn", "grindin' corn", are a distant vocabulary. Now we "combine" with a "corn header". This magic piece of machinery does the whole process in one step, almost. I wanted to share a picture of one of the "steps" dad did when doing corn. I can remember the red cobs that were picked up after shelling. Ah yes, and this was not a "one-man" operation. It took the family and the neighbor families to "get-r-done". It was a process of who could start first, and then on to the next neighbor until the corn was all done. I can remember men in big old coats, hats with earflaps down, and heavy gloves in and out of the yard. And women brought in a dish of some sort to help with the meals. These are great memories of neighbors around the Haigler community. Speaking of corn-cobs, anyone remember how many uses those darn things were used for????
Ah, Yes!! Corn Cobs!! We heated our house with a "wood burner" in the living room. And, of course, never had real wood to burn. Coal was expensive, so dad piled those red cobs in the "coal house" and it was one of our "chores" to bring in the cobs or coal every morning. BRRRRR!!!
ReplyDeleteBTW, that must be where the word "cob webs" came from because the dust from them caused them to appear in the corners of the room and we had to sweep them down.