Gilbert, How did they harvest corn? Growing-up I can remember Poppa bringing in a burlap sack of corn from the Brazos Bottom and shucking it. Now, refresh my...
This is the story of my GrGr Uncle Joseph Mikus who was a "mail order" groom. It seems my GrGr Aunt Rosie Urban decided her sister Franny needed a husband....
Paulasmaggie, This is George. May I jump in here. My parents finally gave up on farming and my dad took a job as a motorman on a drilling rig. Guess I...
George, It sounds like you got the "short end of the stick". Yes, finish the story. How did the kernals got off of the corn into the towsack? paulasmaggie ...
Either by hand or a manual muscle driven corn sheller or if you were rich you used a combine. I pulled many an ear of corn. I always got the down rows. Allen...
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We used a B Farmall tractor pulling a trailer and pulled the corn by hand and threw it in the trailer. But before we pulled the corn we would cut the corn...
My German grandpa had this thing (wood & metal) that you fed the ears of corn (minus the shucks) into.? You turned a handle and it took the dried kernels off...
I am forwarding a picture that was sent to me since we have been talking cotten picken. paulasmaggie The message is ready to be sent with the following file...
Kathrine Marie Hajek KATHRINE MARIE HAJEK, 44, passed away September 30, 2008. Kathrine is preceded in death by her parents, Jack M. & Elsie Mathews Wilson....
Lucille Bernice Janca LUCILLE BERNICE JANCA, born November 2, 1920 to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stock in Shiner, Texas, passed away September 27, 2008 in Houston,...
Gregurek, Egnec Joe "Mike" View/Sign Guest Book EGNEC JOE "MIKE" GREGUREK GANADO - Egnec Joe "Mike" Gregurek, 87, of Ganado, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008,...
My 'Starik' also had the hand-cranked metal wheel with teeth on it, enclosed in a - I think it was a metal housing. Insert an ear, and turn the crank. The...
Family legend has it that my husband's Uncle Jerome Ryza of Ganado answered one of the Czech advertisements for a mail order bride in 1944. His first wife,...
That is sad, but like you said Betty may have been happy that someone wanted her in "old age" as a wife. Rosemary I believe that is part of Pats and my...
Instead of shortening this email for the Mail Order Bride, I have included Why do not make a Moravian Woman Mad. I too am related to Annie Jakl. Her stories...
Both sets of grandparents had one of these, too. I couldn't turn it because I was too little and it took some muscle.. My cousins teased me mercilessly about...
My Dad (who was first generation of Czech immigrants), grew up in Texas farming along with his brothers on the family farm. They grew cotton among other...
I remember my Czech grandpa had one too. We all fought over who got to do it (Tom Sawyer style ;o) We used the corn to feed the hogs with.  Mary Ann...
What we were referring to, if I am correct, is the dried cornon the cobs not fresh, where as the buthcher knife would be best. Â Mary Ann Wisian ... From:...
My grandfather's corn sheller wasn't so unusual afterall. I'm glad it brought back a few good memories. But, now, how many of you remember making darts...
Allen, that is how we did our corn. First cut off the corn tops and later pull the corn, pitch it in the trailer. However, Dad bought an elevator so we could...
I remember still, how proud my mother was when she received a kernel slicer from Sears & Roebuck... it was a round blade (the cob went through the middle) with...
Great funny story Julie. Wish we had an elevator. We used a large "grain" shovel to put the corn in the crib. In addition to the hand cranked corn sheller....
Allen, that's neat that your brother has the corn sheller in the house. I kept the black iron kettle was used to boil water for clothes washing or for hog...
When Rita hit 3 years ago, I refused to evacuate until my son threaten to "hog-tie". It was a Cat 4 and coming at us. My husband knew what few items my...
Betty's parents were Joseph Chovanec and Catharena/Katherina Zajicek. If she is part of your family, are there any legends as to how she became a mail order...
Mary Ann, I now wish and miss the most is my Grandmamma's sweet pickles and dewberry jelly. I wished now I had a jar of each. paulasmaggie ... From: Mary Ann...
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