Cornshocks
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- Created Date
- 1880-1910;
- Description
Corn shocks stand in a field. From a reminiscence about farming in southern Wisconsin, posted online: "Corn binders pulled either by horses or tractors were employed to cut standing corn, laying bundles on the ground. The labor-intensive task followed to form these bundles into corn shocks made from thirty to forty bundles each. After gathering and stacking the next step was to place a tie around the shock. We used a rope with single pulley to draw the shock in, then the other person girded and tied the corn shock with binder twine, enabling removal of the rope and pulley for reuse. Many farmers had to watch their fields on Halloween night to keep busybodies from pushing them over." http://www.ytmag.com/articles/artint94.htm
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Mineral Point Historical Society
- Collection
- Glass Plate Negative Collection
- Type
- image
- Format
- Image/ jpeg
- Rights
- Copyright to this resource is held by the Mineral Point Historical Society and is provided here for educational purposes only. Commercial use or distribution of the image or content is not permitted without prior permission of the Mineral Point Historical Society. Please contact the Mineral Point Historical Society at MPHS@mineralpointhistory.org for permission to use the digital image or content.
- Chicago citation style
- Cornshocks. 1880-1910. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/mphs/id/39. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1880-1910) Cornshocks. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/mphs/id/39
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/mphs/id/39>.