Wow- no wonder you don't remember for sure the name- that must have been quite an experience! Must have been someplace to the north or northeast of town that the guy got stuck in the picker, since once you get a few miles south it's all sandhills and hay/cattle country...most of the corn is grown up on the "table" north of the Niobrara river. Not much corn raised down this way, although there's a few scattered places that have some. Anyway, it was nice to read about someplace "local" here that existed "back then". I'm kind of a local history enthusiast and enjoy reading anything that went on.
Cornpickers can be nasty I'm sure, but most of the "one armed" old timers I knew growing up had lost hands etc in the cable winches that were mounted on tractors and used to winch haystacks onto haysleds in the wintertime when things were too slick for the tractor to pull 'em on otherwise. All the work that was done back then to load a stack of hay(and I got in on it when I was younger), not to mention pitching it off by hand, sure makes a guy appreciate the way we feed round bales nowadays- not having to get outta the tractor except to open a gate or break ice on a tank...
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Today's Featured Article - Show Coverage: Journey to Ankeny - by Cindy Ladage. We left Illinois on the first day of July and headed north and west for Ankeny, Iowa. Minus two kids, we traveled light with only the youngest in tow. As long as a pool was at the end of our destination she was easy to please unlike the other two who have a multitude of requirements to travel with mom and dad. Amana Colonies served as a respite where we ate a family style lunch that sustained us with more food than could reasonably fit into our ample physiques. The show at Ankeny
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