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Posted by msb on November 12, 2006 at 11:13:07 from (71.50.197.176):
In Reply to: Old time farming in Illinois posted by Sam F. on November 12, 2006 at 08:11:58:
Depends on which variety of popcorn you raise.I planted about 1/3 acre to Purdue Yellow Hybrid about 7 years ago.People rave about it. Say its the best popcorn they ever ate.Huge kernels, very,very few old maids. Picked it with a borrowed 2 row New Idea picker. It did a fine job of picking.I left the popcorn on the wagon for a couple of months so it would dry naturally. Have an old sheller with an electric motor on it.That didn't get it all off the cob, but after a while of reshelling it,we gave up and were satisfied with what we got. I simply poured it from bucket to bucket in front of a box fan set uo in the garage.It cleaned up real nice that way.We wound up with about 30 bushels .Gave some of it away,donated some, popped some for ourselves and we still have a whole bunch stored in plastic totes and plastic ice cream pails.Had a lot of fun raising and processing it. Very surprized that insects have never been a problem. Isn't Watseka the town that used to be the sweet corn capital of the Midwest.They still have a sweet corn festival every summer?
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