Tractor Mounted on Stilt Is Used to Dust and Detassel Corn 1954

Another great photo 330. I do have to wonder how the operator got on and off the tractor though and how they reached the hand crank.

Another great photo 330. What safety hazards?

Again, classic! I thought maybe for deep water!

I see an.electric.starter.

Ladder

Muskrat trappin in the boot sucker swamps. I need one.....jk

I wonder what kind of work it was designed for???

Why would one de-tassle corn ?
Doesn't the pollen from it pollinate the silk ?

Well ...... nevermind

Detasseling corn is a form of pollination control that involves removing the pollen-producing flowers, the tassel, from the tops of corn plants and placing them on the ground123. It is employed to cross-breed or hybridize two varieties of corn123. Fields of corn that will be detasseled are planted with two varieties of corn1. Farmers get their seed from companies that cross-pollinate corn to create hybrids with beneficial traits like drought tolerance and disease resistance3. Unless you are growing seed corn to plant the following year, there is no reason to detassel your corn4.