Wuligal Loc: Slippery Rock, Pa.

Thanks for the correction. Sounds like you know your away around Amish farms.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Very nice.

Wuligal Loc: Slippery Rock, Pa.

I live four miles from the University........oh the tales I could tell when it was still a college. Now it is a city unto itself including shopping centers, restaurants, banks, pizzerias, an equestrian center and movie theaters. It comes complete with it's own currency that can only be used on campus. Pretty much killed the downtown area.

The new dorms have indoor pools, saunas, private balconies and personalized food delivery so the students no longer go to the cafeteria for meals. They even have a Hilton hotel.

My favorite story happened about 25 years ago when one of the Big Shots from the university was put in charge of the "downtown" redevelopment. His first act was to remove 70 or 80 parking spots, place huge iron obstructions on every street corner to prevent trucks from making deliveries to the merchants and give $5,000.00 to every store owner on main street to improve their property. The restriction was the money could only be used to renovate the front of their shops for esthetic purposes and they had to stay within the decorative theme. The money could not be used for repairs or improvements.

Turned out that the only interest was so that the town "looked good" when the parents drove on main street on their way to campus. We paid the price. Today the town is mostly vape shops, breweries and tattoo parlors. The main intersection has three gas stations and an empty lot. They can't plow snow in the winter because of the crazy "indentations" on the street. We lost two newspapers, a news stand, a bookstore, a clothing store, a shoe store, two banks, two floral shops, two photography studios, and a movie theater. Hey......that's progress.

Hereford Loc: Palm Coast, FL

Yup, definitely a corn binder vs corn picker. We had one of these on the farm in Nebraska when I was growing up. Sometimes we would shock the bundles made from this machine, and other times haul them to a stationary silage cutter where they were chopped and blown into a silo.

Nice pair of images showing farm life without major mechanization.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Wonderful presentation in both shots! The sepia really fits the corn picker.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great shots, Wuligal.

clickety

To be really precise, yes it’s a corn binder which groups stalks and binds (ties) them into “bundles”. A “shock” is a group of bundles gathered by hand and stood vertically held together by another string binding. Shocks are then left standing in order to fully dry the ears of corn. When dry they are then hauled to a machine called a corn “shredder” which then separates the ears from the dried foliage. If the corn is intended for silage the bundles are taken ‘immediately’ to the silage “cutter” a machine which simultaneously cuts and blows it into the silo because some level of moisture is necessary to promote the fermentation that’s necessary to prevent spoilage.
This very labor intensive hard work was later replaced by field choppers, corn pickers and combines.

clickety

I apologize for stepping on your post. I did not see your reply when I responded with similar a clarification.

John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

Wonderful images and perfect for B&W and sepia, Wulligal.

SusanOlson Loc: Galesburg, IL

I really love the shot of the barn. Gives me goosebumps.

Alicia2 Loc: San Clemente

I love your images great work!

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

Nice!

Wuligal Loc: Slippery Rock, Pa.

Thank you so much folks.....just looking is compliment enough, the kind words are the icing on the cake.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Serenely beautiful compositions 🏆🏆🏆

Wuligal Loc: Slippery Rock, Pa.

Thank you.