#corn detasseling

[carlidigcoll-blog]

Girls Detasseling Corn | Northern Illinois University | CARLI Digital Collections

Detasseling is the process of removing the flowers, or tassel, from the tops of corn, which is often done to cross-breed two varieties of corn. Even if machines are used, people are always employed to detassel any of the plants that are missed. For many teenagers in rural Illinois, detasseling is one of the most common summer occupations, with the season usually starting in July and lasting 3-4 weeks. (More about this collection.)

Posted by Matthew Short, Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian, Northern Illinois University

[gays-of-thrones]

Corn detasseling starts tomorrow.  I'm dreading it so much.  The only thing that's gonna get me through the next month, is that once it's done, I finally get my tattoo.