To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Fall Happenings
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:44:49 -0500
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 6:33 PM, bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have never seen a tractor that shells corn as it picks the corn. Maybe I
> can find a video on youtube. What do they do with the cob? bobford
>
Wikipedia has a good introduction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_harvester
One of the good things about this method of harvest is that the cob
goes back onto the ground and makes for more organic material in the
soil.