The tractor coughed but didn’t catch, so the old farmer on the ground yelled up to the old farmer behind the wheel. “The black button,” Don Magee said. “You push it in.” And then it roared to life, an ...

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 ...

The tractor coughed but didn’t catch, so the old farmer on the ground yelled up to the old farmer behind the wheel. “The black button,” Don Magee said. “You push it in.” And then it roared to life, an ...

Native Americans grew corn for thousands of years. They planted it, weeded it, and when it was ready for harvesting they picked and dried it. After shelling the kernels from the cob, they ground it ...

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 ...