Larry Gottula tries to pick corn with a 1940s Deerborn Woods Bros. single-row picker pulled by an early 1950s Massey Harris tractor. (ROBERT BECKER / Lincoln Journal Star) Larry Gottula tries to fix a ...

When it comes to harvesting corn, a lot has changed in the past several decades. Now, a mechanized corn harvester can tear through a field – picking, shucking, and shelling whole rows of corn and ...

Here’s a story of the joy a farmer had when he got a new corn picker after World War II… and of where the few bucks to pay for it were hidden. The story comes from Gary Swensen, Yankton, S.D. “During ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before World War II, annual national championships were held to determine who could hand-harvest corn the fastest. Fairbury native ...