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News from Garfield Farm |
CAMPTON HILLS, IL- On Sunday, October 17, at 2 pm,
museum volunteer and farm hobbyist Chuck Bauer will give a lecture on
the history of corn. There will be discussion of the type used in the
1840s and how farmers manipulated corn to create the variety we have
today.
In the early nineteenth century, corn was a staple
of people’s diets, as well as their livestock. Not only
were the corn kernels edible, other parts of the stalk, husk, and the
cob, all had several uses, as well.
Mr. Bauer was a polymer scientist/engineer at Amoco
Chemicals for 31 years. Growing up in north central Ohio, Mr. Bauer
always had an interest in farming and animals. Chuck took a special
interest in corn while demonstrating the Garfield’s corn sheller
at one of the museum’s Harvest Days events. He has grown several
varieties of corn, including pod corn.
The cost of the lecture is $6 and refreshments are
included. For reservations, contact the museum at (630) 584-8485
or info@garfieldfarm.org. Garfield Farm Museum is located 5 miles west
of Geneva, IL, off of ILL Rt. 38 on Garfield Road. The 370-acre site is
a historically intact former 1840s farm and teamster inn being restored
as an 1840s working farm museum by volunteers and donors from around
the country.