John Deere Corn Sheller - Belle Fourche, SD
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YoSam.
N 44° 40.437 W 103° 51.168
13T E 590928 N 4947371
When I was a kid, we did this by hand. Imagine shucken 10,00 bushels of corn by hand...we got $1 a day...all the kids in town. Then the women made flour.
Waymark Code: WMYC5F
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2018
Views: 7
County of display: Butte County
Location of display: 415 5th Ave, Tri-State Museum, Belle Fourche
I was in Sturgis in 2015 and when the group I was with was going through Spearfish Canyon...I had been through there 4 times already that week - I went out waymark hunting. I pulled into the "Visitors Center"...found all lot of stuff, including the museum.
But most of all found little gems, like this corn husker, or maze shredder, or cob kernel remover...it goes by a lot of names.
It was on display at the closed entrance to the museum, and was told this item is permanent at that location. It was donated by a local estate auction house who felt it best served in the museum than being sold and taken back east.
Classy, businesses seldom do that. Bout our gain, me in person, and you through waymarking
I used one of these in the 40s (as stated in the short description section), the whole town would gather and do the work. (Big town- 110 population)
These are all made from 1915 until middle 50s. The No. 1 Model is what this one is. The John Deere part of the plate is present, the date was not.
Great explanation of how it all works, with pictures on Harry's Old Engine
Another site with couple good pics Yesterday's Tractors
"The first three John Deere shellers are commonly referred to as “one-hole” shellers; all were manufactured in Moline, Ill. All were manually operated initially; later, (optional) external belt-drive pulleys were offered.
"The No. 1 John Deere sheller was manufactured from 1915 through 1924. It consisted of an angle iron frame for its lower level and a segmented cast iron top body in three major pieces. Internal pieces were mostly made of cast iron. Upper and lower side panels, as well as the internal baffles, were made of wood.
"The No. 1A, Deere’s second one-hole sheller, was manufactured from 1924 through 1936. The No. 1A utilized an extended angle iron frame to include the upper portion of the sheller as well, replacing the cast iron portions of the No. 1. The internal pieces remained almost unchanged.
"No. 1B was manufactured from 1936 through 1949 and perhaps into the early 1950s. Strangely, this model seems to relate back to the No. 1. Gone was the upper portion of sheet metal and angle frame. The entire top portion was redesigned to be integrated into two casting halves. Several attachments were offered, including feed trays, power pulleys, corn nubbers and an electric motor power option" ~ Farm Collector