The Corn Belt - Midwest Farming - 1960's

The Corn Belt is a traditional area in the Midwest, United States, including Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas. This 1960's film examines the life, farming methods, family farms and equipment of many of America's best Corn Belt Farmers.
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[@emilyiddings1449]

Love this! It’s my grandpa and Dad!

[@16mmEducationalFilms]

I'm so glad to hear that. Just think this film has been sitting in my basement for 25 years waiting for you to see it :)

[@lacuevadegolum9448]

Cool, God bless them

[@cathiwim]

Those farmers would pass out today if they could see the huge machines used today- #sonnefarms, #colethecornstar

[@danw6014]

One thing I am surprised they didn't show was shelling corn out of the cribs in the spring. I started working on a dairy/sheep farm farm in the 80s. We had a Gehl Brothers two row self propelled chopper we used to open the corn fields up. We did the rest of the chopping with a New Holland two row behind a 2590 Case. We had a 20×60 silo to fill, plus a large wooden corn crib and several wire cribs. We used two New Idea pickers. One had a sheller on it. We filled the cribs and ground the ear corn out for the cows. Then we shelled the rest with the pickers sheller. We stored the shelled corn in the chopper wagons, hay wagons lined with plywood and all our gravity wagons. That corn was fed to the sheep. The one thing about sheep we didn't have to grind their feed. If we needed a field opened that we weren't able to do at the time we filled silo, we had a neighbor who would open the fields for us with a picker mounted on a Farmall M.

[@_hey_im_josh_8119]

I am the great grandchild of Bruce Iddings, Though I live in the city, I spend time at my grandpa John Iddings farm.

[@16mmEducationalFilms]

Very cool - farms are awesome for sure. The old ones that is...

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

Worth watching just to see corn cribs again. I miss my uncle’s farm.

[@thomaselittle7822]

I still fill corn cribs. Most efficient way on my beef farm. Shoveling to empty the crib is rough.

[@danmekeel7758]

Growing up in that Era on the farm was truly the best Blessing in Life.

[@shannonsmith5481]

No air conditioning all hand manual work yeah good times

[@duanehenicke6602]

I've always been jealous of the corn belt. Sure would be something to farm such rich ground. This old wore out south Texas dirt sure is hard to scratch a living.

[@NolansFarmingAdventures100_06]

Same here except the dirt isn't to poor, it's the fact that the don't have as nastily steep hills as here in central Pennsylvania.

[@johnnyappleseed9254]

Try it in south Louisiana. We are in a rain drenched sand box with little days of sunshine, a humidity soaked disease breeding ground. Nothing grows well here yet we farm…

[@johnnyappleseed9254]

But yes, I’m jealous of these guys in Gods country too

[@NolansFarmingAdventures100_06]

@@johnnyappleseed9254 nah I'm ok with were I am.

[@duanehenicke6602]

@@johnnyappleseed9254 Been right at a week since i seen the sun. Not going to complain about the rain. But I'm about to loose my mind with all these clouds!!! I'm on the edge of the black dirt. Very sandy where i farm as well.

[@bjjasper]

Memories, my favourite job was on the rack behind the baler. Building a load with interlocking of bales very tightly to ensure the load could be transported to the farm yard over rough and long roads was the challenge.!!

[@farmingfishingfamilyontari2814]

I wish I could life a year like that. Time travel isn’t possible. Those olde tymers would marvel at current farming practices. X9 deere gobbling down 16 rows at 300 bushels per acre.

[@geraldreisz7445]

I've done many of the farm jobs shown in this video back breaking work for sure.

[@fredf3391]

Good little video 👍 More now day farmers need to watch this like a breath of fresh air

[@janhoughtaling2948]

I am a now day 4th generation farmer, most of what was said in this video is very much true today. Things that have happened since the video was made is that Farms have gotten much larger. The negative thing about larger farms is that little towns and schools that sprung up along the railroads are losing population. The only crops I have a chance of making a profit are corn and soybeans, I would love to have the option of raising wheat, oats, barley or flax , these are crops we used to raise, but price and elevators that buy them are too far away to make it practical. The positive things are no-till which require less labor, less erosion and moisture saving all this has more than doubled our corn yields, but it has helped fuel larger operations. Plowing is extremely rare in my area and very few farmers under the age of 60 have ever operated a plow. Prices are more volatile than ever along with input costs much higher than ever, stress levels are at an all time high. I wish I could turn back the clock to a more simple time where small towns and schools are thriving, unfortunately those days are over and will not be coming back.

[@ryanhunter2231]

I live pretty close to Mr. Iddings farm. There’s a road named after him in Miami County Ohio

[@ryanjones9498]

Mr Milky should have started a dairy farm lol

[@michaelhostetler5190]

That's cool...

[@robertnymand9889]

Great adds like these are still very educational!

[@justinreiter1400]

Cory Booker should watch this

[@thunderbird1921]

So should Mike Bloomberg. Heck, all of those coastal and DC elites should. Maybe they'd learn something about actual work and humility.

[@alostpilgrimsjourney5953]

Liberals avoid work like a crackhead fires up their pipes - all day and night.

[@Laheylgbfjb]

@@Hope4all2 you’re clueless idiot

[@goodson132]

@@Hope4all2 are u serious dude?? lmaoooo

[@dedrakuhn6103]

@@goodson132 it would do them some good to learn how the world works

[@3Mudbone1]

I liked how the farmer and tractor salesman went behind the barn and smoked a bowl.

[@michaelhostetler5190]

Most of these family farms are gone in Ohio. Special dairy. All big industry now. Farms sold. And housing allotments.. Sad..

[@toledojeeper2932]

No , they are still mostly family farms .

[@stephenrice4554]

Should never have stopped infomercials . 👍🇬🇧

[@7viewerlogic670]

Thank you.

[@16mmEducationalFilms]

You're welcome :)

[@mauriceupton1474]

Watching from New Zealand

[@richardferg6455]

What year was this produced? Love this look in the past. The good stuff of our country.

[@theda850two]

Approximately 1960

[@demiller74]

I'm impressed by the fat hogs at the start, especially the sow.

[@nickkercheval2704]

This was 50s not 60s. Possibly very early 60s in some scenes

[@danw6014]

The newest tractor in the video I saw was the 630 John Deere which ended production in 1960.

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

I think the President missed this movie while going to school.

[@eddiekulp1241]

Biden missed everything , he's a waste of space, a boil on the nation

[@redneckengineering8950]

My grandpa grew up on a corn farm in carroll ia in the 1930s. Later went on to work in meat packing plants in Omaha in the 60s. Otherwise great grandfather worked in the union stockyards Omaha moving livestock around. Me, I just eat it lol

[@ethanlee9441]

They should do a new study of this one to see how much it has changed.

[@cathiwim]

Tiling the fields is now used, to assist with Drainage #dirtpertfect

[@harryvarner6652]

Great video, but most of the footage was 1950's.

[@zeusmacafee5097]

Huh, pretty neat how those boundaries aren’t very accurate 60 years

[@dlicht45]

Ahhh, the good Ole days when corn was still nutritious and good for you unlike now

[@toledojeeper2932]

Lol ..I bet you think you can eat field corn .

[@willbass2869]

​@@toledojeeper2932old OP field varieties like Reid's yellow dent made for passable roasting ears. Plenty of "field corn" up until '70s was passable for roasting and grits

[@toledojeeper2932]

@@willbass2869 ..Here we go

[@CrazyAlienLady051]

It’s corn. It has the juice.

[@natevanlandingham1945]

I'm not a farmer, but know a lot about this stuff and live rural. But what I Don't understand is how does that chopped green silage that is put into the silo green and wet not turn into a giant wad of black mold??

[@thomaselittle7822]

The silo keeps oxygen out. Also fermentation takes place acting as preservative. About 2 to 4 inches fed off the top daily keeps away any spoilage.

[@danw6014]

To add to the other comment. As you fill the silo, the weight compresses silage. It was nothing to see it settle two or three feet over night. On silos we weren't going to feed out of for a while, we covered the silage with plastic. When we wanted to start using that feed we might have to clean off the top eight or so inches and throw it out. Now we use a bunk silo and a flat pad of cement to store feed for 400 milking cows, and heifer. The silage or haylage is hauled in with trucks and dumped. Then we use a tractor with a dozer blade to shape the pile and pack it down with the weight of the tractor. Its then covered with plastic and tires. This is much faster to harvest and feed out. All the same miss filling the uprights.

[@BR-bj3ot]

That is the way a child should be brought up! No demonic internet. No public school indoctrination. No radical left idiocy!

[@manhoot]

This wasn't a "corny" film after all.

[@bbrcummins1984]

And now we have a generation that won't get off the couch 😊

[@ronkorando826]

Back when you were left alone and did you work

[@danw6014]

Actually farming then, the neighbors worked together but they could make a living off 100 acres and 30 cows so they didn't have to compete against each other for land.

[@poilochien]

land and work ...

[@ofergluzman4138]

How tf did I get here bruh

[@epiccsx]

Wha about the other Midwest states?

[@thatgreykitten3601]

im stuck here for a assignment

[@jacksperf8003]

Back when americans Ate meat !!

[@carlhaldeman420]

and died younger than we do these days.

[@dufinsmrts]

​@@carlhaldeman420because they worked a hell lot harder than people nowadays. I don't see anyone over weight in this clip.

[@failuretocommunicate]

Tiny towns with one school if you're lucky, surrounded by 60 churches of different denominations. No thanks.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

oh if you only knew...

[@jimday3112]

A great way to grow up.

[@danieldilger9203]

Zero percent on making ethanol.

[@richardbelcher3339]

Because Americans love meat.

[@luisellamanesco1896]

Farmer usa autentic wasp not soviet not comunist.

[@jwilliams8320]

"Why do we have a corn belt? Because the soil is fertile ." That should of been the soil was once fertile.

[@whjerts]

That soil is growing 3-4 times as much corn per acre than it was when this was filmed. If that soil is no longer fertile, how is it producing so much?

[@douglasmacarthur8775]

@@whjerts ...BINGO !

[@willbass2869]

​@@whjerts 200 lbs of pure synthetic nitrogen per acre maybe...duh!

[@whjerts]

@@willbass2869 takes more than nitrogen

[@willbass2869]

You can drop as much P & K as you want....but you ain't going far down the road toward 250 bu/ac without N. End. Of. Story

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

Corn is the start of the obesity problem!

[@mikemikes3514]

So is not exercising

[@landaroon7793]

Reply to Brad not Landa Diet and health are much more complicated than one word problems and one pill solutions.

[@elianaposada]

Corn is killing us! Do the research!

[@carolinagoldbug983]

@@elianaposada Putting a little too much into corn being the enemy. Only some 3% is consumed by humans. Most is animal feed. But if folks avoided processed foods a little more.....they might be ingesting a little less of the HFCS that most of it contains.

[@conservativecalvinist3308]

Sugar is killing us. Not corn.

[@gatehanger1385]

The first few sentences sum up one the problems at the heart of climate change: corn is grown to provide food for animals which in turn are slaughtered for meat. This is a very inefficient (and unhealthy) way to supplied human protein food needs. Much better to eliminate livestock from the chain and for humans to eat only corn-based products instead.

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

Take your religion somewhere else.

[@bluegtturbo]

@@nonyadamnbusiness9887 Eh? Nothing to do with religion - it's basic science.

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

@@bluegtturbo Every religious nut thinks their religion is natural law.

[@jeff1379]

Look at the nutrition in animal products and meat compared to corn and corn based processed food. I’ll take the meat any day and so would most people. Climate change is a serious issue but everyone is point fingers and the wrong people because that’s what celebrity’s and every other radical environment nazi who’s knows nothing more than what Facebook and twitter tell them. How many buffalo were in the great planes before any domestic cattle? Why was there no climate emergency? They were all much larger grazing animals that produced methane from their farts and burps. Look at population density’s, air traffic, coal burning.

[@matthewdunham5235]

gate hanger if you take corn grain vs the weight of the ear, it is more efficient to feed animals the entire ear that we cannot consume, turned into silage.