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CORN 



Harvesting. - - The corn crop ripens in from three to 

 five months. Roasting ears may be ready for use in 



CORN FIELD WITH RIPE CORN 



less than two months. The corn crop is harvested 

 in two or three different ways. The most common 

 method is to husk the ears from the standing stalks, 

 which are left in the field and pastured by the live stock 

 during the winter months. Another method is to cut 

 the cornstalks by hand or with a corn-harvesting 

 machine and then place the fodder in shocks. Later 

 in the season the ears may be husked by hand from the 

 fodder, or the fodder may be run through a corn shredder 

 that husks the corn and then shreds the stalks, leaves, 

 and husks into small pieces, which are stored in barns 

 for forage. On many farms where there are large 



