Hand-Harvesting Corn: Walk, Jerk, & Throw

Walter Culver>UIS Collection C-G>UIS Collection C-G, Segment 8

Hand-Harvesting Corn: Walk, Jerk, & Throw,

duration 01:29
FARM WORK
He harvested corn by hand for 25 of his 51 years farming. He walked beside the wagon between two rows, jerked the husks back, jerked the ears off and threw them against the bump board of the wagon.