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To: William H Huebl who wrote (13433)	6/1/2004 12:27:53 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34894

In Illinois if a person working on your property isn't insured and gets injured then the property owner has to pay. Cutting down trees isn't the safest thing to do.

To: William H Huebl who wrote (13433)	6/1/2004 4:51:43 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34894

I was thinking back to our conversation on corn pollination. A lot of hybrid seed corn gets raised in this area. They plant 2 rows of type A corn then 4 rows of type B corn. All the way across the field. When the corn starts to tassel, pollinate, the tassel are removed from the 4 rows of the B corn. The A tassels are left on to pollinate the field. If it's a new variety they will bag the tassels on the A corn and hand pollinate the B ears. When they harvest they use pickers instead of combines, pickers take the whole ear and the seeds are removed from the cob later. Only take the B rows. The A rows are left to be harvested later for animal feed, oil ...