Checked Corn with Draft Animal Power
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Joe visits a group of southern Iowa teamsters who are experimenting with the technique of growing checked corn and utilizing their draft animals for the power.
Checked corn system involves planting in a grid in order to be able to cultivate in two perpendicular directions. This allows more effective control of weeds. The modern process involves applying herbicides to the fields until the corn is tall enough to create a canopy. Checked planting is better for the environment, less costly and allows a farmer more time utilizing draft animal power. The disadvantage is a loss in productivity.
Paul Bishop gives us a detailed explanation of the process and the vintage John Deere planter he is using to plant the corn. He has to make some adaptations to the planter to accommodate today's smaller seeds. We watch as they run the wire which has knots on it that trip the planter. They are planting at 40" on center with 4 seeds per hill. This results in about 14,000 plants/acre. Modern planting is between 26,000-36,000 plants/acre).
We watch Paul and his team of Percherons accompanied by two Percheron foals tied alongside as they plant the corn.
Joe returns to the fields when the corn is being cultivated by teams of mules, Belgians and Percherons.
During his final visit, Joe goes films the hand picking of the corn that is tossed into the horse drawn vintage wagon. One of the horses is then hooked up to a rotary Burr Mill and we watch as the corn is ground into buckets.
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Lots to be said for the old ways. Herbicides are killing the world. Throwing dirt over the weeds has worked forever. Love your horses.
That is a smart Idea tying the Foals to their Mothers while They are Working so it gives Them an Idea on what to do. My Grandfather did that when He farmed with Horses.
Really nice to see how it works. Have a similar restored 1923
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Keep up this beautiful showings.
I remember as a kid after school hand shucking corn in the shed and loading it into the stone mill wheel. My dad always warned us that the pigs can never have unmilled corn and absolutely never corn on the corn.
Thank you I know how hard it is to put these videos together , this Brings back memories of dad telling stories About Planting corn. Dad used to comment that the colts would get tangled up in the Check line a used to let him run free in the field. When I was learning to drive the tractor to Plant corn Dad would bring up the story when he learned How Toplant With a team of mules Their names was Kate and best. Anyhow grandpa told my dad I think the mules would drive straight or if you would let them do the Planting.
I really enjoy all your shows. I’m learning tons. Thanks so much for doing this.
wire knot checked corn planting, after 2 person corn planters where the youngster hand checked the hills. this summer hope to film my 1875 brown 2 person planter. thx.
This was a great video! I enjoyed watching the check row planter & cultivation. A video on how to set up the wire & stakes for check rowing would be a good idea for a future release. Regards!
Horses also had the first guidance system.
They would follow the planter mark.
thank you vidèo good
It had a metal on it like a spade
Grandma had a half leather glove that they use when they husk corn did they do it when picking or later
I CANT DRIVE A HORSE THATS BAD ISNT IT
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Reminds me of something I've always noticed in places like Iowa and Nebraska: How very many of the farmers are enormously fat. Given the hard work they do, I wonder what is the usual length of lifespan, how many have heart attacks, and so on....
Americans eat corn syrup and animal proteins exclusively
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It's a shame the horses have to work so hard pulling the fat guy
That is about the biggest waste of time that I have ever seen. A farmer would use that wire for something useful. Might be able to plant at least an acre a day using this time wasting system.
My dad planted about 60 acres this way every year when he started farming in 1946. Then one day he noticed that the planter didn't seem to be tripping right. He looked back behind him to the other end of the field. My 4 year old brother Craig had come out to the field to "help" Dad by pulling up the stake that held the wire.
Modern US agriculture is a disaster in terms of healthy soil, food, and society. Your attitude perpetuates the disease that is "agribusiness"