Grinding

[bqz]

Help educate me on grinding corn.
What I'm looking for is this, something to shuck,remove corn from cob and grind into animal feed.



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[michiganfarmer]

a combine will shuck it, and remove the kernels from the cob, but you need a seperate machine to grind, or crack it.

[bqz]

I have a machine that will do the first step.
Pick and shuck.Don't know what it's called but I got one.I have heard it called a side by side combine however I'm not sure that's the proper name.

Now I need something to get it off the cob and grind it.

Is there something out there that will do that.(grind off the cob)

[michiganfarmer]

Originally Posted by bqz

I have a machine that will do the first step.
Pick and shuck.Don't know what it's called but I got one.I have heard it called a side by side combine however I'm not sure that's the proper name.

Now I need something to get it off the cob and grind it.

Is there something out there that will do that.(grind off the cob)

I think its probably called a picker. I mean your machine that picks, and shucks.

Getting the corn off the cob is called shelling.
I know there are old hand powered shellers, but I get the feeling you want a machine.I dont know of any machine that shells corn, AND grinds it. Actually, I dont know of any stand alone powered sheller.

Small electric roller mills are available at auctions, and used farm equipment dealers. A roller mill wont make flour, but it will crack a kernel into 6 pices or so.Its plenty fine for animal feed.

AN all in one machine just doesnt exist as far as I know. A combine will pick it, shuck it, and shell it, but you will still need a grinder, or a roller mill

[wy_white_wolf]

If you can find one:

http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?409

http://www.earlyamericanmuseum.org/prairiework15.htm

http://www.americanartifacts.com/smm...r/shellpic.htm

I found some newer ones:

http://www.strombergschickens.com/products/grinders.php (halfway down the page)

http://www.rockytopgen.com/catalog/millspage01.html

http://www.gemplers.com/product/RDK1...d-Corn-Sheller

http://www.seedburo.com/online_cat/categ08/secs.asp

http://www.natureetjardin.com/anglai...n-sheller.html

Links to anything and everything about tools for corn:

http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/culture/tools.html

[bqz]

Thanks for the help fellows I kind of got some ideas how to get what I need.

I like this one
http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?item...CT&itemID=3782

I wonder if I can automate that little burger...hhmmm...and then dump it into the grinder.
O' well if not ,I got some insight on what I need to do.
Thanks a bunch fellows

[ericjeeper]

We sold one at auction for 10 bucks.. You will need a tractor with a flat belt or some sort of engine to run it.
My grandma used to take ear corn and chop it with a machete and toss to the cattle..They will eat the cob.

[ksfarmer]

We never shelled corn for cattle feed. Just threw it cob and all into a "burr grinder". The cob mixed and the cows ate it just fine, kind of like Hamburger helper.

[js2743]

if you are feeding this to cows goats sheep horse just grind every thing together they love it. and if to birds they will pick out what they like and leave the rest. i always grind cob shuck and all, every thing i have eats it right up.