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Photographer: Stanley and Terrie Howard
Taken: October 19, 2008
Caption: Corn
Additional Description: Corn was the most important crop on mountain farms. It was primarily a source of cornmeal and fresh corn, but had other uses as well. The shucks were woven into chair seats, used to stuff mattresses, and made into dolls, hats, rugs, and mops. The leaves of the plant were fed to livestock and dry corncobs made good kindling for starting fires.
A family's corn crop might vary from a few acres to more than 20 acres depending on the size of the farm and the family. Although grown primarily for a family's own use, corn was sometimes a cash crop as well. This variety of corn, Hickory King, was developed in the mid-1800s and was popular in the southern mountains.
Submitted: October 22, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p40497
File Size: 1.089 Megabytes

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