Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-12-20
Great Husking Records
National Stockman and Farmer

Many and wonderful records are
made by the huskers. Men, boys and
even women bet with each other to
see who can musk the greatest num-
Der of bushels per day; or who can
make the best average record of
certain number of days The good
housewife is astir long before day
light and, while the husband and
"help" are busily engaged in feeding
and harvesting the teams. she is |
hurrying the preparation for break |
fast, in order that the men may be in |
the field by he time it is light enough
TO see the rows, and to find the ears
of corn on the stalks. In fact | have
many times been compelled to wait
in the field for light enough to see
before commencing work. And thcn
how the ears of corn would be made to
bump and rattle against the high
throw board" on the further side of
the wagon! Why, we used to try to
husk fast enough that we could toss
each succeeding ear into the air be-
fore its predecessor had reached the
bottom of the wagon box And, while
this was quarter of century apo,
we could husk some corn even then.
| have seen my father work as hard
as possible and yet he could never
husk more than so bushels day,
while by by working real hard could
husk hundred in the same length of
time. But we have hundreds of young
and middle aged men now who can
beat that. | give few instances of
good records made this year Milton
Warren. Macon county, school boy
13 years old, husked 65 bushels one
Saturday and on the following Satur-
day made record of 70 bushels. He
did this between 6:3O A. M. and
4 80 p. M. with an hour off for din
ner. Jonah Osborn. 16 year-old boy
who lives in Moultre county, aver
aged 80 bushels to 100 bushels a day
for Id days in succession. Walter
Nuttall, a Shelby county high school
boy, averaged 100 bushels a day for
six days in succession. James Landers,
10 year-old Moultrie county boy,
husked 1913 bushels and 40 pounds on
Tuesday Of last week. WIN. Hall of
the same county husked l 600 bushels
in 96 hours on the farm of J. w.
Shepherd. Clinton Park. II years
old. of Macon county, huskpd l, 76O
bushels in Is days. Robert Park, his
brother, 10 years. old. husked 1, 374
bushels in Is days. an average of 76
and one-third bushels day. And
Eta Splitter. Macon county girl,
husked 70 bushels and 10 pounds in
hours. This was her first effort at
corn huksing too. Mrs. w. b. Estill,
of Shelby county, husked 40 bushels
in one afternoon, few days ago.
And | noticed in the Decatur Herald
today that Tom Monissey of Piatt
county won wager Of $40 last week
by husking 227 bushels in 10 hours.
This corn was weighed as was all
mentioned above. Several were
present to see he feat performed
These are only few of the many
records established during the
present corn harvest, which is now
nearing its close. OF course these
records could rot be made if all
strings of husk and all silks were
removed from the ears. But this is
not done. To many of our eastern
fa fhi, 1. e.
pretty bal, but a few more or less do
not cut any figure on load of corn
here. In fact most all loads of corn
look pretty ragged out here Another
fact must be considered: That Is that
all wagon boxes are built up so that
from so to 60 bushels of corn of 20
pounds to the bushel may be hauled
from the field at time. Of course
this would not be possible in wet
season. Neither would it be possible
to make such records. if the corn
were thrown down as it sometimes is.
The corn crop was rather a disap-
pointment his year. The yield was
from Is to % bushels per acre less
than expected. This shortage was
due, largely, to the extremely late.
wet spring. A few fields made an
average yield OF 60 bushels but most
of the corn fell below 10 and some
below 80 bushels. Most of the crop
sold at doc to 43c. although only &c
was offered for day or two last
week. A. l.. GEPFORD