Combining Corn

Well, I had my first experience combining corn Monday evening. Just climbing up in this combine was a bit scary for me. I am afraid of heights! I got inside this big piece of air conditioned machinery and sat quietly in the "buddy seat". Away we went at an average speed of 3.8 miles per hour up and down rows and rows of corn. If you have ever played the video game, "Pac Man", you may be able to understand what I was visualizing as I was riding along. This process also had me mesmerized, just like an open fire will draw me in and keep me staring into it for minutes at a time. I watched as this combine would knock over the cornstalks and just as quickly as it did this, shelled corn would pour out behind me in the rear window as the big bowl of the combine collected the nicely shelled corn. When the bowl was full of corn, Victor took the combine to the eightteen-wheeler farm truck and this long tube would come out of the side of the combine and would empty the corn from the combine into the truck. Away we would go again and get more corn until all the trucks, wagons, and combines were full of shelled corn. Since it was late evening, combining and filling wagons were all we did. Stayed tuned for more exciting events from the life and times at the Nuernberger Farms!