Corn Harvesting

 The corn that has been growing in the fields around us was harvested the other day. I was so glad. I had thought it might be nice to have corn growing instead of the normal soy beans we had been used. But the corn got taller that we had figured and made a live fence around us. Then it dryed out and seemed to be what was causing a bad case of alergies for me and hubby, and Ziva dog. and our cats. I have never seen cats with algeries as bad as what ours had. I think the dry corn with lots of road dust from the vehicles going by and some mold in the stalks because we had so much rain was causing an alergy problem we had never had before. 

   But now the corn is down, or at least the fields near us are. There are still some fields on our road that need to be cut yet. We still have algeries but I am hoping that they will settle down with some time and maybe some rain on the fields. 

  Here are photos of the corn being harvested. I have total respect for all farmers and ranchers and anyone that is a grower and gatherer of food. 

this is the machine cutting down the corn and inside it seperates the corn from the stalk and cuts it off the cob

The chopped up stalk and cob are pushed out the back of the harvester

The corn is sent from the harvester into a special trailer pulled by a tractor. When the trailer is full the tractor pulls it down the road where a big truck and big trailer wait. The corn is shifted to the large trailer and goes to a nearby grain silo where the corn is stored until it is sold for what ever kind of usage. Corn an go for so many uses. Cornmeal, corn starch, animal food, cereal, certain types of fuel and many more uses. 

The flag was in our yard and I thought it made a good photo. Many thanks to the two men running the harvester and the tractor.