[AT] OT a little; corn grader

[KG Waugh]

It is in really nice shape, that's for sure!

Gene

Indiana Robinson wrote:
> Yep, that is a corn grader alright... :-)
> And a fairly nice one to boot. The reason for "grading" corn by size
> is for seed corn. Plate type corn planters must have corn of
> consistent size and even shape (rounds or flats) in order to plant
> evenly. A handful of oversize kernels in a planter hopper will
> eventually plug all of the plate holes and block the plate. Then on
> the other hand a batch of small kernels will plant too many doubles or
> even triples.
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> "farmer"
>
> "Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
> Morris Moulterd
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> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
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