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Re: National Corn Picking Contests, MI S.D.
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Posted by Bob Clark on June 17, 2005 at 20:17:44 from (24.144.249.149):
In Reply to: National Corn Picking Contests, MI S.D. posted by Superpicker on June 17, 2005 at 16:33:57:
My dad picked in a state contest in Indiana some where along about 1958 1960. It was held on what was know as Arabian Acres on US 40 near the Wayne and Henery count line. Can't remember the exact year but I know dad had a 227 JD picker. The dealer installed spiral rolls in it for him. He had it on an A at the time, later he traded for a 630 and used it for the picker, that would have been early 60 just before the new generation models came out. The day after the state contest they held the national on the same farm. I remember our neighbor, George Setser won the state contest that year and several other years. He had a New Idea with the husking bed that had the dolly wheels mounted on a Cockshutt 35.
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