Harvest Tradition
The 2012 Indiana Corn Husking
Contest is always a part of the harvest
season in Indiana. This contest is open
to all who enjoy old-fashioned corn
husking. Participants in the timed contest husk corn from one row, throwing
ears into a horse-drawn wagon. The
corn is then weighed and inspected for
excess husks. Classes vary from 10 to
20 minutes.
The contests are open to men and
women ranging from youth to golden
agers. Team husking will be introduced
as a new event this year. It will consist
of a four-person team husking for five
minutes each.
The Lambright brothers from
Shipshewana faired very well in last
year’s husking contest held in rural
Fort Wayne out toward Grabill. Duane
Lambright finished second in the
young men’s division followed by his
brothers, Freeman, Jr. (third), and
Atlee (fourth). Duane finished with
just short of 200 pounds husked, while
By Jerry Hostetler
Junior was able to husk a little over
157 pounds, and Atlee completed his
husking with a little less than 150
pounds on the wagon.
The Lambrights are planning on
making the trip over to Bremen to
compete again this year. Duane said,
“We’re very competitive. It’s not that
we’re trying to win the state championship; it’s a little family deal that we
got going. It’s fun. Me and my brothers don’t get a chance to do a whole lot
with each other.”
Clay Geyer, from Bremen, will be
looking to defend his title as the first
place winner at Fort Wayne last year.
He will be competing in the young
men’s division again this year. Duane
commented, “I tell you what, and all
my brothers agree, we want to meet
this guy (Clay Geyer) who won last
year. We want to watch him husk corn
and see how fast it goes for him.” He
continued, “We’re thinking he got into
some good heavy corn or bigger ears
and that’s how his weight got so high”
(214 pounds). Maybe some of it had to
do with pre-contest strategy. As Duane
stated, “We thought it was funny last
year, a lot of the guys showed up early
to check out the corn and picked out
rows that they thought would be the
best to husk.” With a smile he said, “I’m
not saying we won’t do that this year.”
This year’s contest will take place
on Saturday, October 6, on the Craig
Geyer farm located at 20565 Tyler
Road, Bremen, Ind. The cost to enter
the contest is $15 per person and spectators will be admitted at no charge. “It
has been very difficult to find a great
stand of corn this year for the contest,”
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