[AT] Corn Binding/Hay

[George Willer]

John,

When we cut corn by hand many years ago we began the shock by tying
(twisting) 4 stalks together, two from each row, to provide the anchor and
each arm load was just stacked against them without tying into bundles.

George Willer

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> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 9:55 AM
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> Subject: [AT] Corn Binding/Hay
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Hay here in east central Illinois is a little tight this year.  I have
> about half of what I normally would put up in the barn, and probably won't
> get another cutting this year.  To make up the short fall, I thought I
> might cut a couple of acres of corn to feed.  I don't have a binder (which
> would be nice) but plan on bundling and tying by hand.  Does anyone know
> how many stalk typically went into a bundle tied by a binder.  I'll
> probably haul some of the bundles to the barn, and try my hand at shocking
> the rest.  There is probably  a trick to keep the shocks from blowing over
> as previous attempts didn't work quite as nicely as I had hoped.  A corn
> knife instead of a tractor and binder limits how much I can do, but
> probably good exercise!!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> John Bukowski
> Potomac, IL
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