The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-16
swung up so that the wind would keep them in mo.

As soon as the grain filed with the milky starch SUI
gar, &c., It was called sin roasting ear" and was
much valued for food 1t was often boiled in the ear
then cut off, mixed with butter and salt and was very
palatable and nourishinc It was made into soup
then much the same as II is now Much of it was
roasted nv laynp the ears before the great log fire.
and turning them until all the grain became cooked
and brown ON the outside Children were especially
fond of roasted corn
When the grain became little harder IL was graf
ed and the meal tbus made was excellent for mush
and mixed with milk eggs &C. made such bread as
Is unknown IN tbe farmers of the nresent day Still
later the ears were pulled and busked with n small
strip of busk left by which the ears were hung up In
the sunshine to dry. In rainy weather they were
hing nm in the chimney near the fire. When dry
enough it was shelled reduced to meal in the hominy
| mortar. ot the hand mill or horse mill. The sieve
| was made of n hoop sewed together with whapgs
| or strIps of buckskin and n buckskn or sheepskin
| was stretched over the boop and holes burned
through the skin with wire heated red Through
| these holes the meal was sfted
| Through the winter A good deal of corn was eaten
AS hominy The shelled corn was boiled in I've made
of wood ashes until the BRAN or outside covering of
the grain began to slim OFF, II was then washed and
rubbed with the hands until the grains were cleaned
of all the bran II was then. soaked over night to
take ont the I've then boiled until tend r. Then
it was pounded in an iron oyen with nestle or the
| end of an iron wedge and fried when II was eaten
with bacon and corn bread This was the celebrated
sshog and bominy,
| Scarcely any corn was cut up The blades were
stripped off and used for food for horses cattle and
sheep. S)metims the blades were stripped from the
ear down. and the tops cut off above the ear No hay
was ever made and corn fodder was carefully saved,
Cattle did not get much fodder but they were care
fully fed on busks
From the middle of October to the middle of No.
| vember the corn was gathered" The ears were
pulled from the standing stalks and thrown into piles
Then sled was driven and the piles of corn thrown
into the bed uuil full when was hauled to the crib
and thrown into pile against the side of the crib.
Then came the husking This was generally done at
night. Men and women took part. They surrounded
the pile of corn, and each one would take an ear of
corh pull OIL the musk, throw the musk Dack, ana
throw the ear of corn into the crib The boys and
girls would carry the husks and put them into rail
PEN They would tramp them down. anu nave lots OF
OF 1un In wrestling ana playing III the husk-pe. ot-
Ell when nearly don" the Pile OF corn wouid be d.
vided by laying lncera across the pile, from the
crib to the ground. captains were chosen, VINO
would throw up iorchoice OF the side OF the corn
pile wanted Then they would choose the huskers
and go at 1t in real earnest.
whisky was often used at corn-huskings' hut IL
was rare thing to see drunk man at such gather
lhgs.
White and yellow corn was raised. The yellow
had long grains and was called sourd seed corn
because the grains were the shape of gourd seeds.
The white corn had a large cob with short, broad
grains Often an ear would be found that was very
dark red color Always when red ear was found the
man finding 1t was entitled to KISS, and he would
kiss some one Of the girls.
omitted to state, in the proper place, that when
the corn reached the stage of roasting ears, 1t was
attacked by raccoOns and squirrels The raccoOns ate