Does anyone know an easy way to do this. I have access to a picked corn field and it has a lot of cobs laying around.
October 24, 2013 at 11:21 pm
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shelling corn
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October 25, 2013 at 12:01 am #1202225
If you can find an old corn sheller. We made one in which we mounted a motor equipped with the belt that turns the crank on the sheller. Otherwise you can turn the crank by hand but that will tire your arm out after a while. Most of the shellers I’ve seen are pretty old so it can be a challenge to find one that is in working condition but what I do know is they work wonderfully.
October 25, 2013 at 12:15 am #1202229Just do it by hand. the dryer it is the easier it shells. Put it in your basement, in a mouse proof container if you might have critters, and let it dry. Shell a few ears at a time and it goes pretty good.
October 25, 2013 at 12:20 am #1202230good exercise for your hands
October 25, 2013 at 12:37 am #1202232Go to an antique store in your area. Look in an area of farm related items. There are several styles of Shellers from inexpensive to very pricey. If you are doing some small batch shelling look for a single ear type that you can mount on a board over a pail. Have fun!
October 25, 2013 at 1:45 am #1202245it’s not hard to do by hand! unless you are doing it all day.
Stan
October 25, 2013 at 10:32 am #1185262Quote:
it’s not hard to do by hand!
Wear gloves with the little rubber dots on the palms and fingers. Its a snap then.
October 25, 2013 at 11:16 am #1202251Quote:
it’s not hard to do by hand! unless you are doing it all day.
That’s what she said…
October 25, 2013 at 12:38 pm #1202257Through the cobs in your clothes dryer. You will dry the corn and shell it at the same time.
October 25, 2013 at 12:49 pm #1202260How much corn are we talking here?
If you have quite a bit, say 50+ bushels, you might want to talk to a local farmer with a pucker/combine. You could feed the corn direct into the combine and then he can unload the corn right where you want it, in a truck or grain wagon.
For smaller amount, the old sheller’s work great or just by hand if your not in a hurry.
Good Luck.
October 25, 2013 at 4:21 pm #1202297Quote:
Through the cobs in your clothes dryer. You will dry the corn and shell it at the same time.
-Just don’t ket your wife know you used the dryer for that
October 25, 2013 at 6:42 pm #1202331Thats whay laundry mats are for
October 25, 2013 at 11:56 pm #1202392Quote:
How much corn are we talking here?
If you have quite a bit, say 50+ bushels, you might want to talk to a local farmer with a pucker/combine. You could feed the corn direct into the combine and then he can unload the corn right where you want it, in a truck or grain wagon.
For smaller amount, the old sheller’s work great or just by hand if your not in a hurry.
Good Luck.
Going to pick up the cobs the picker missed amazing how much waste in the first pass that didn.t go in the wagon.October 26, 2013 at 10:58 am #1202422At $6 a bushel it would be easier to buy a bag or two of corn from the local elevator and leave the corn in the field for the geese, deer, Turkey’s and coons to eat.
October 26, 2013 at 11:19 am #1202423There is 80 acres of corn field so there is going to be plenty left over. I’m going to make it a little easier for the deer to get to it though.
October 26, 2013 at 1:32 pm #1202432Just gather the cobs and place them were you want to feed them. They will eat it of the cob and save yourself the hassel.
October 28, 2013 at 12:04 am #1202531Ya but the squirrels will carry them away
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