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Originally posted by dawntreader74 dawntreader74 wrote:

jim' you can't beat it ground up with a little good old hay ground up with it' makes the best feed. right.

That is an awesome mixture.  We just feed hay separately as we maintain that our animals are pasture raised and grass and grain finish.

Jim 
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Originally posted by Ryan Renko Ryan Renko wrote:

Originally posted by JimIA JimIA wrote:

Why not get a picker, pick some ear corn, get an old sheller, shell the corn, haul it to town, also get an old manure spreader and haul the cobs with the old spreader.  Sounds like 3 times the fun to me!  

We pick a few cribs of corn yet.  We grind it and feed it to some cattle and sheep.  Great feed.  

Jim
I never thought about a sheller. I need to do some research on them. That could be a option. Ryan

Minneapolis Moline had the best known sheller, later ones were even painted red and sold as Whites.
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We still pick most of our corn and shell it out with a 1210 Minnie. Dad made a lot of money doing custom corn shelling for guys in the 80s. Our last customer quit 8 years ago, his 90 year old land lord would only let him rent the land if he would pick all the ear corn, so that kept us a job for awhile. The cobs we use to sell to a guy that would make ammo brass cleaner out of it. Always wanted to get a Cook Sheller heard they did an amazing job and did it fast.
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Ear corn is fine for hogs, IF you don't grind it. They will eat the corn off the cob.
If you have a good wood stove and don't have a lot of time to cut wood, ear corn works great. Just don't burn it in a welded sheet metal stove without firebrick or a good heavy grate. It burns hot almost like coal.
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I have an old MM sheller, 1200 I think,--- could be repaired, been outside for a long time.----Also have a JD #18 picker and one for parts, a bit stuck, but I bought them that way and then got out of the chicken business so now these machines sit until a buyer comes along.---Also have a nice electric hammer mill (sitting inside) and a Case hammer mill, belt drive with several different screens. thanks; ac fleet
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I'm 51 years old now but remember riding in the very back of the wagon as my father operated the tractor picking. That was over 40 years ago and corn did not mature as early as it does now so it was almost winter. I would be all in my winter clothing and just keeping very aware not to get bopped in the face by a flying ear of corn!! Nowadays my father would be accused of endangering a child but I only wish I could go back. This time I want to drive the tractor though!!!!!Ryan
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Originally posted by dpower dpower wrote:

We still pick most of our
 corn and shell it out with a 1210 Minnie. Dad made a lot of money doing custom corn shelling for guys in the 80s. Our last customer quit 8 years ago, his 90 year old land lord would only let him rent the land if he would pick all the ear corn, so that kept us a job for awhile. The cobs we use to sell to a guy that would make ammo brass cleaner out of it. Always wanted to get a Cook Sheller heard they did an amazing job and did it fast.

I have seen a Cook sheller in action.  I was amazed at the capacity of it.  I put a video of it on youtube.  Cant get the video to work on here.  I will post a link.






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That is one high capacity sheller! I think it would take a few more horses than what my B has to run it. Lol
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Jim, read my tutorial on doing this.....


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Hmmm...sounds like a combine would do the trick, then use it for other crops too!




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I wonder if growing pop-corn is an option assuming the old pickers would be able to grab the smaller ears? I still have dad's one row John Deere picker sitting up on the hill in the brush where it has been for the last 50 or so years. I'm sure it just needs a little grease and it would be right as rain.
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My son and I grow a little half acre plot of popcorn and use a new idea picker to harvest it. I have the rolls on the new idea closed all the way and sometimes the ears still have some corn shell off but otherwise it does a great job
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Originally posted by Stan IL&TN Stan IL&TN wrote:

I wonder if growing pop-corn is an option assuming the old pickers would be able to grab the smaller ears? I still have dad's one row John Deere picker sitting up on the hill in the brush where it has been for the last 50 or so years. I'm sure it just needs a little grease and it would be right as rain.
thats something I've considered also but was told popcorn has to be handled more gently than the old pickers are capable of doing.

Edited by grinder220 - 02 Mar 2017 at 3:36pm
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