corn picker

Maize harvesting equipment

A corn picker is a machine that harvests corn by stripping ears from standing stalks in the field.

Before combines became dominant, corn pickers were standard farm equipment—pulled by tractors and notorious for their exposed mechanisms that could catch clothing or limbs.

He lost three fingers to a corn picker back in '62.

Modern harvesting typically uses combines instead.

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field · tractor · autumn · harvest season · fall harvest · harvest · stalks · ears · cob · rows · row crop · farm · machinery · golden · grain · silage · wagon · hopper

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Top 500,000
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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G