Wisconsin Hist. Soc. Cub pictures

[Bob McCarty]

eBay item #'s 320030025563 and 320030155119 show a couple of old Cub pictures, one modified extensively for detasseling, the other a Cub and truck on a float that I've seen posted here before. I only made it to page 13, so there may be some more in there somewhere.

Bob

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

cub and truck on flaot

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/ful ... Fby%3Ddate

Detaseeling cub

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/ful ... Fby%3Ddate

[Rick Prentice]

Hi Bob. I think there's more on page 27 and 28.

Rick

[Ron Luebke]

wouldn't it be cool to se one of those de-tassling cubs restored and at a cubfest

[George Willer]

wouldn't it be cool to se one of those de-tassling cubs restored and at a cubfest

Ron,

It sure would be... but can you imagine hauling one? Those de-tasselers used around here in my memory pre-dated the Cubs and were based on old Fords. Mostly model T's. The T's were used for a number of uses. They were in high demand. In some cases a really good one could fetch $20.

[JBall8019]

what is detasseling??? i looked at the pic from john's link and the women werent doing anything. now on the otherhand when i think of women and tassles i dont picture fields or tractors!
john

[evielboweviel]

growing seed corn you need to detassle the female variety leaving only the male variety to pollinate the seed corn
Ron

[Rick Prentice]

OK, now I'm confused. I was under the impression that the squiggly tassels on the very top of the stalks drop pollen down onto the hair that grows out of the ears(each hair goes to a kernel) and that's where the pollenation takes place. Around here, once the farmers plant the corn, they don't step foot back into the fields till harvest time. So what's with this male, female separation stuff

Rick

[George Willer]

OK, now I'm confused. I was under the impression that the squiggly tassels on the very top of the stalks drop pollen down onto the hair that grows out of the ears(each hair goes to a kernel) and that's where the pollenation takes place. Around here, once the farmers plant the corn, they don't step foot back into the fields till harvest time. So what's with this male, female separation stuff

Rick

The separation was part of growing hybrid seed corn.

[Lurker Carl]

Here's a biology lesson!

This technique is for producing seed corn, not a regular corn crop. There are 2 different varieties of corn being grown to produce a hybrid seed for next year's planting. So, to cross-pollenate the corn to get the desired hybrid, you use the tassles from one variety to pollenate the ears on the other. Removing the tassles prevents self-pollenation, which is what typically happens in the field.

[Rudi]

growing seed corn you need to detassle the female variety leaving only the male variety to pollinate the seed corn
Ron

My questions is:

How DO YOU tell the difference between the Female and the Male corn stalk

[George Willer]

growing seed corn you need to detassle the female variety leaving only the male variety to pollinate the seed corn
Ron

My questions is:

How DO YOU tell the difference between the Female and the Male corn stalk

Rudi,

It's fairly easy. Both sexes are on the same stalk. The male part is up really far, the highest part on the stalk and the female part, if fertilized becomes an ear. I know... you're pulling our legs!

[Eugene]

From a guy who spent part of an exciting summer detassiling corn - walking the rows- none of those fancy machines to ride on.

Dark green tassles were pulled. Light green tassles were left on the stalk.

Eugene