Combine Shells Ear Corn Out Of Cribs

Combine Shells Ear Corn Out Of Cribs COMBINES Corn Pickers(13) 20-5-7 Indiana farmer Richard Peden saves on drying costs and gets by with just one grain bin by harvesting half of his corn crop as ear corn for storage in cribs. After the ears dry down he uses a stationary 1970 Gleaner F combine to shell the ear corn right out of his cribs. He re-moves the header and bolts a hopper onto the feederhouse. A chain elevator carries ear corn from the cribs to the hopper. An-other elevator carries cobs away from the back of the combine to a truck. "Ear corn stores cheap because it doesn't have to be dried. I can put it in the crib at 20% moisture in the fall and by the following August it'll have dried down to 14%. I use the cobs as bedding for my cows," says Peden. "I harvest about 60 acres as ear corn and have been using the combine to shell it for 5 or 6 years," says Peden. "I also use the combine out in the field to harvest soybeans and wheat, and the rest of my corn crop." Putting part of his corn crop in cribs saves on drying costs and lets him get by with one small grain bin. He already had the corn cribs. When he needs more shelled corn to sell or feed out, he simply sets up the combine by his cribs and goes to work. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Richard D. Peden, 13109 N. 400 E., N. Manchester, Ind. 46962 (ph 219 982-2218).

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