Do You Remember Gas Powered Two Row Corn Pickers ??
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Howdy There Rick !!!
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There are a few left .....
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'Buhl Corn Harvest Cap' $10 each
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HO - HO - HO Click Here for a Great Old 1960's Classic TV Advertisement !!!
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Click on the 'Button' Above to view a1950's GREEN GIANT TV Commercial !!!
And then, Click on the 'Button' Below to view a 1970's GREEN GIANT TV Commercial !!!
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Just a Pickin' and Haulin' Corn ...
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Here we go !!!
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Kevin Leitch ' topping off ' another load of corn
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A picture from early Harvest 2006
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A great picture form the final days of ' Harvest 2006 '
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A Great picture of ' Corn Harvest ' 2006
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Here we go ........ ' Again ' !!!
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Yes Sir...... Corn Corn Corn
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Corn Harvest 2007 is Going Fine ....
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Another ' Classic Corn Harvest ' Picture....
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Just taking a short swim ....
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Another Classic Corn Harvest picture
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Another Corn Truck ready to GO !!!
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Old Faithful ' Martin Number 4 ' !!!
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Hey there Rick ... How Ya Been ???
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Sunset over Corn Harvest 2006 ....
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Fresh Corn Off The Cob Soup Recipe !!!
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Click on the picture above...
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The year 2006 , Another time of GREAT memories and new found friends !!!
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Oh ... My Back !!!
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And Here We have More 'New Photos' from BUHL's Corn Harvest 2006 From Southern Idaho !!!
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Below you will find many MEMORIES from '2005 CORN PACK' Just click on them to Enlarge !!
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and a few more great MEMORIES .......
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As always, SAFETY is a top priority around machinery during Corn Harvest ... And a 'GOOD' Truck Router is Priceless !!!
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..........Let's see the Route slip says 1 east, 1 north, 1 west, 1 south !! WHAT !!!! ................
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And More MEMORIES from ' Corn Pack 2005 '
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Below you will see just a few of the GREAT PEOPLE involved with the 2005 Sweet Corn Pack... just click on their picture to Enlarge...
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And here are a few MEMORIES from Past Harvests...........
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Hey .... If you recognize this International corn truck shown below..... please tell us who the owner was.....Thanks a bunch !!!
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Geting a bucket of corn ..........
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And BELOW, are a Few Great MEMORIES from the Late 1940's in BUHL , notice the Union Pacific steam engine on the track that used to run thru Green Giant's central yard area. It was removed in 1956 which was the same year the 'new' Green Giant Comapny corn facility was built, including the first all cement warehouse. It was Buhl's 50th Birthday that year !!! Before then 'all' case goods were stored in the old potato cellars and all empty tin cans and lids used during corn harvest were brought in by rail car, which necessitated the U.P. steam engine working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week .
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Corn Pack in the 40's !!!
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Pictured BELOW, the potato cellar in the background was later converted to be used as the Green Giant's Ag Shop in the 1960s and early 70s. The Ag shop included an innovative air exhaust system so tractors could be run and worked on inside, and then fitted up for the coming corn pack each year. And we also might add that it was a very nice and cool place to work in during summer heat and easy to heat in the cold Idaho winter !
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Here is another peek into late 1940's Corn Pack !!!
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Pictured BELOW, there were No hydraulic lift truck beds in those days ! In fact the first Pup trailer wasn't introduced until 1968. Pictured below you will see the main truck unloading dock . All loads were partially pulled out as the front of the truck was lifted up and in the truck bed a railroad tie was first laid across the front on the bed and large ropes were ran out the back of the truck and attached to a winch or small tractor. Much hand labor and rakeing of the corn was involved. At was a very slow process back then. The first cement Corn Slab was made in 1956 , and is still in use today !
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And here is another ' Classic '
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Pictured BELOW. the first mechanical corn harvesters were FMC models mounted on International Harvester Gas-powered tractors , the famous Model M . In those days there were no hydraulic buckets to be pulled behind the TWO ROW corn pickers. And all Green Giant sweet corn rows were 36 inch wide, later changed to 30 inch rows.
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Here is a (GAS) powered International Harvester Corn Picker of the Fifties
