Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for February 04, 2016

That’s an ingenious way to mill corn. It would also save a farmer some money, given that millers could charge quite a bit to mill grain.

“Pounding the corn”(Nod, nod! Wink, wink!)

Stumped, impounded and mortified.

From “Stories of Pioneer Life: For Young Readers” by Florence Bass. The ebook is free on Google Play.(This wasn’t better than other methods that would be available in a town or settlement. It was better than nothing for pioneer farmers)

After a while, the corn became so intimidated that she could pulverize it to a fine meal with a single withering glance. This made her quite popular in the county, as she charged little for the service and produced the best corn meal to be found in the state. Because there was no overhead in her process, she became quite wealthy.

On a hot day the corn tended to pop, thus popcorn.

Cornish hens…

Up next: Choking the chicken!!!

All lame aside, i saw a vid of some guy down under that used the same idea but had a wedge on the end to split logs.

That tree looks like it was felled by a beaver. … Nah, not goin’ there.

Found a gif of the thing.This is not the same one that i saw before but it works the same way.

Perhaps a mortar shell?

These intrepid pioneer-ladies are so capable! Cut down the tree! Hollow out the stump with slow fire! Bend a fresh young tree and attach a conveniently-available heavy weight! Mill the corn you’ve just harvested!Tomorrow, you’ll have to do some heavy work; we need a new well and a new cabin and a new barn….

I can’t help it, I have to say that that rope the way it’s tied cannot possibly hold that big stone. DO NOT BEND OVER TO CHECK ON PROGRESS!!