Old Barn With Character: Taken recently near Oskaloosa, Iowa. For those of you that might be interested. Here is the location. 2871-IA-23...

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Sep 6, 2022 06:15:01 #

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Taken recently near Oskaloosa, Iowa. For those of you that might be interested. Here is the location.
2871-IA-23

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Sep 6, 2022 06:25:19 #

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

Not a barn, but a corn crib. Used for storing picked corn to dry over the winter. It was then shelled in the spring.

Sep 6, 2022 06:28:36 #

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Plieku69 wrote:

Not a barn, but a corn crib. Used for storing picked corn to dry over the winter. It was then shelled in the spring.

Thanks for the clarification! I am a city boy so they all look like barns to me. LOL. Is there a particular feature that makes it a corn crib?

Sep 6, 2022 06:46:26 #

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

Yes, several. The open central drive, the cupola where the elevator head was place when unloading corn fron the wagon. The open slat siding allows air flow. The open design allows nature to take over quickly an most cribs didn't survive long after they were made obsolete by the picker sheller.

My father built one south of America Iowa in 1964, it was probably the last crib built in the state as most corn was harvested by picker shellers by that time.

Kentucky tobacco barns are just as confusing to us yanks.

Sep 6, 2022 07:48:04 #