Irvin (also known as Irvan) Bauman, an unmarried, 22-year-old farmer from Congerville ... the Pantagraph reported that machines were expected to husk "fully half" of the corn crop in many Central ...

Several attempts have been made to construct a machine that would husk corn rapidly by Steam or horse power, but so far each attempt has been attended with slight success. Husking by hand was ...

However, he liked husking corn much more than milking cows by hand or machine. The responsibility fell to his sons when they were old enough. An old corn binder that once was pulled by horses was ...

In the late 19th century, local contests were held to determine the best corn picker in the community. By the 1930s, hand corn husking became ... competitors are going old school in a battle ...

The bang boards were fitted on horse- and mule-drawn wagons that made their way down rows of corn as pickers, ranging from age 10 to 93, tried their hands at husking ... 16-year-old from Gibbon ...

It’s filled with various machines and projects in the works — everything from a piano and a jukebox to various chairs and even an old corn husking machine. Pieces of woodworking art hang on ...

He and Tom Kessler, his business partner for about five years, went to work on building a better machine to husk sweet corn in a one-stall garage. In 1975 they founded A&K Development Co., and in ...

A little history The word "corn" comes from the Old English via Old Norse korn ... dictates that you shouldn't peel back the husk to check the kernels. In an ideal world, you would trust your ...