Minneapolis Moline Corn Picking & Shelling!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2020
- I absolutely love a good corn picking and shelling day! Typically, when picking and shelling was still a mainstay on farms, they were not done on the same day (or even in the same season most often), but with today's hybrids that dry down quickly, we are able to make a whole day of it! Thankfully my cousin's friend had a fall harvest day on his family farm, and we were able to attend. It was awesome to see all the old equipment in the field and on the farm!
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Picking corn was a great time. I remember putting 3 ears of corn in the livestock water tank to see if they floated. When 2 or of 3 ears would float on the surface of the water it was time too start picking corn and filling the corn crib. The farm was large so it took up to month to pick the corn before plowing could begin. The cattle were turned out to clean up after harvest.
I remember picking and shelling corn. That was my favorite thing to do on the farm
Awesome thank you
Had neighbor when I was a kid had a pull type Minneapolis corn picker that had a hitch to pull the wagon beside the picker and the elevator delivered out the side instead of the back. He pulled it with a UB propane tractor
Interesting design, and an interesting position for the blower.
Thanks for video. We picked on ear. Stored in metal bin which had slots for air to pass through. then scoped into the grinder mixer as we needed feed. Sure most people watching noticed the corn shelling off the cob. We always tried to pick between 20 and 22 percent moisture to prevent loss at the snapping rollers in the field
That's true about the moisture level ... the corn pickers were designed for a higher moisture corn that would be stored in a crib. It's great to hear about others experiences!
Thanks for sharing! We still own a Minneapolis Moline model D corn sheller. I have a lot of fond memories of shelling corn with my Dad when he was alive. It was nice to see all the MM equipment at work.
That is pretty cool that you still have a Model D Sheller! There were two shellers running earlier in the day, but when I got there they were just using one. The MM tractors were running great that day!
We still pick a crib for grinding feed. Definitely missed the threshing shows this year, love collecting and keeping the old iron going.
That is awesome! It is a great feed for grinding for sure. I know plenty of people used to use it for cattle and even sows. It is something that is slowly fading away. I'm thankful there are people like you that still see it's value!
@@TheBeginningFarmer we are still stuck in 60s and 70s 😂 We are being over run by urban sprawl, getting smaller. Run vintage Oliver’s and Whites. If you are interested I put up videos as well. Have some unique stuff like a New Holland bale stacker. I’ll check out some more of your videos. 👍
@@crazydave4455 I check out your videos ... great to see the old White and Oliver equipment running! That us too bad about being hit by urban sprawl :(
@@TheBeginningFarmer can’t beat progress... enjoy the old stuff while you can and stay active in the club’s is all you can do. Maybe I’ll catch you at a show in the future.
No better way to finish cattle than grinding ear corn and putting the feed in a cell feeder!!!
Awesome footage, I have a Minneapolis Moline U302. Thanks for sharing.
That would be a fun tractor to have for sure!
Thanks for sharing it is nice to see old iron still working
Great to see the old school equipment that I remember still working.
We love to see it running in our family!
GREAT VIDEO, it takes me back 60 year ago when I was 9 and just learning from my Dad how to plow, pick corn , rake hay and bale hay.
Those are great memories! Thanks for taking time to watch and comment.
had Minneapolis brown 2 row picker and pulled in low gear with "A" john deere
My family has owned a MM dealership here in Texas since 1943, Today we still use them on a regular basis on our ranch, She shop now just sells parts and antiques but man those things dont die.
That is awesome! Our family only owned a dealership for a short while, but my uncle and cousin have quite the collection now because of that history.
I enjoyed this.
Very nice video.
I used a model NI 323 for years.
We fed out steers
That was really interesting to see. Good to see the old tractors still running.
It is great to see them run for sure! I think most of those tractors and pickers were from 3 different collections. One of the hard parts of having a larger collection of tractors is keeping them going ;)
Good to see the Minnie Mo's at work! I miss picking corn!
It reminds me of My grandpa's farm in Nicollett county MN back in the late 50's early 60's ( I am 70). I distinctly remember 2 row picker and then hauling it to the corn crib. he also used to grow sweet corn and peas for Green Giant which was only 10-20 miles up the road in LeSueur
That is pretty cool memory! Thanks for watching the video :) Also, I think there is a tractor swap meet in LaSueur. If I remember correctly that is where my sons John Deere 110 lawn tractor came from
@@TheBeginningFarmer The farm was in the family from 1850's before it was a state in 1858. Supposedly my Grandpa's mother was first white child born in the territory and they had to move back into town during this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_War_of_1862. He sold farm in 1960's after grandma got sick and they moved into St Peter, broke my heart. If I ever hit a big lotto I am going to make the current landowners an offer than can't refuse and buy it back and keep it in the family where it belongs. I still have original land grant deed.
@@paulettari976 That is a pretty amazing piece of family history!
I enjoyed your video, great job.
That old equipment brings back some great memories. I found a youtube channel today the guy contracts out picking corn in his area, they use to feed cows. He uses a pull type john deer, he's replaced alot of parts on it with new parts.
That is pretty cool! I know quite a few people used to feed ground ear corn to cattle ... in fact I know that people use it as a part of a sow ration sometimes too. I love to watch those old pickers run.
Great idea 💡👍🙂
Thanks!
We stored our corn on the cob in a crib. We the took the corn on the cob and several bag of oats to the feedmill to be ground into dairy cow feed. We never shelled corn because we had no storage for it in 40s and 50s.
That's pretty neat to hear about, thanks for sharing! Did they bag the feed for you or did you take a wagon in to bring it back to the farm?
@@TheBeginningFarmer Typically we took ear corn and oats to the elevator in town in a pick-up truck where it was dumped into a hammer mill. The mill ground up all the ear corn, cob and all, and oats into a loose product that was then put into burlap bags, which we took back to the farm. One truck load would last about a week or so for about 20 dairy cows.
@@tomhill4765 Thanks so much for sharing! I know my uncle and grandpa used to grind ear corn for sow feed. Neat to hear how it was done throughout the years!
Fun day!
It was a great day!!!
We used a MM two row picker like that. Pulled it with a 4 Star MM tractor or the Massey Ferguson.
Great video! Enjoyed seeing the "old ways". Need horses drawing equipment next video!
Thanks for watching! I'd love to include some horse powered farms, I'll have to keep my eyes open for one to check out!
Love that beautiful prairie gold equipment!! Keep these videos coming please. Just wish the decals on that Z were placed in proper factory sequence. The letter in this case is “Z” ALWAYS follows Minneapolis Moline decal. That’s how the factory placed them👍
We do love the Minneapolis Moline tractors in our family. I don't remember specifically which Z that was, if it was an old restoration or a newer one ...
Are you related to Lyle Wacker? A good man!
I think I’ve heard of him. Would his location be southern Minnesota?
Your uncle reminds me of a guy I met at Mike Verhulsts' auction. Trying to remember his name.
It was probably him. He was at the Verhulst auction and bought a tractor (maybe a wide front Z). His name is Loren.
Ah yes! We stood and talked for a long time, my family had a dealership about 45 minutes east of the auction Location. Was good to talk to him.
@@claytonhaffner384 That's great to hear! I know that he talked with Mike a lot about the A4T when my uncle was getting his up and running! He wanted to have something from Mike's collection and the ZB was a nice looking tractor, so that is what he ended up with :)
@@TheBeginningFarmer Ah! Yes I remember that now! And if the old Thrashers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, IA is held this next year, we should all get together, I'll hopefully have at least one of my tractors there. I need to start making some videos of my own! Haha
@@claytonhaffner384 That would be great fun!
Please make more Moline video's :)
Thanks for watching! I do plan on making more ... hopefully I can get a proper tour of my uncles collection soon.
That driveline off the pto scares the didly out of me. If it broke free it could even mangle the tractor driver. Its a wonder it doesn't happen more. Makes me wonder if you could easily build more capture devices without making it look different. I think you could adjust the leaf jammups out of it. I just like our modern combines a sight.
Technology has advanced a long ways ... more than just efficiency, but also in safety!
I love the old equipment. I've a IH ground driven & a JD PTO corn binder in my collection. Were there many of those in you area back in the day or did they make mostly whole corn? Looked like a fun day. Wish I was there...
They did use binders around here long ago. In fact my family has a few different Minneapolis Moline binders in the collection. I think my cousin has used his on oats for threshing.
Nice video!.
Excuse me, how do you pick up corn forage after picking corn?
If you're talking about the stalks there are a couple of ways to do it. Some go through with a flail mower or stalk chopper to grind them up a little bit more, and then follow by raking and baling. Or, if you aren't worried about the long stalks or getting everything you can just rake and bale (that's what we do when I've helped with it).
@@TheBeginningFarmer I would like to know how you do that. Do you have videos for waching?
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We love our Minneapolis Moline on this farm :)
THANK YOU for playing NICE music, instead of that modern crap that is so often used!!
It’s my brothers music, so I’m pretty partial to it 😁
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There should be some links to his two music websites in the video description. I’m not sure what he has available for CD’s now, but he does have digital downloads available.
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There may be ... I think he’s sold out right now because you usually has a limited amount.
Enjoyed the video except the hillbilly music. Kinda devalued the whole thing.