Quick to recognize the importance of Harvey Bish’s cornhead conversion unit was Hastings-area farmer Elmer Hohlen.
Elmer Hohlen transfers his corn to a 1948 Chevrolet grain truck while custom harvesting north of Hastings. Hohlen was an early user of Harvey Bish’s patented corn sheller conversion unit.
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Elmer Hohlen of rural Hastings harvests corn during the 1950s. His 1952 John Deere Model 55 self-propelled combine is fitted with an International two-row pull-type cornhead, the work having been done by Harvey Bish of Giltner. The machine’s ability to simultaneously pick and shell corn was novel enough at the time to catch the attention of a railroad employee who stopped to take photographs.
