Scott and Kathy are two great friends, and we are so happy to know them! They are absolutely dedicated to their farming, and their corn is beautiful and healthy. I highly recommend this Hastings' Prolific- its not only great to roast, but our livestock enjoys it and the deer here do too!
Great video ! I inquired from an old uncle as to what corn varieties were grown in N. Georgia in the early 20th C. He said Hickory King and Hasting's Prolific. Our family owned a grist mill that was over 100 years and, years ago, neighbors would come by every few weeks to have their corn ground. Meal would go rancid after a few weeks and had to be ground fresh. Anyway, my uncle was in the process of restoring the mill and a friend had planted Hasting's for him to grind. Unfortunately, within a couple of weeks of completing the restoration, an arsonist burned the mill. That was quite a loss to the area history.
Thanks Trackrock...The old Hickory was a great corn as well. You are correct..fresh meal needs to be eaten in a few weeks or it spoils. The reason is that it has not been treated as modern meal is to kill the seed germ. But the seed germ holds minerals and vitamins that our forefathers ate with cornbread. So..they ate up the fresh corn meal in a week or two then ground more. Sorry to here of the old mill...what a loss. Stay in touch...Scott
Check out David Shields' Facebook page, he is a professor at the University of South Carolina. They recently found Cocke's Prolific Corn being grown by a 95 year old farmer in Landrum, SC. This corn was thought to be extinct. The ears reminds me of your Hastings Prolific Corn. Scroll down his page to find about the Cocke's Prolific Corn.
I love Hastings my gradpa grew it was the seed he ordered from Hastings i rember he would prder seed from them every year when i was a little kid we had a bad year and lost the seed to his and have been able to get any back i proud to see some one still rasing the best eating corn that has ever been
I live in SC and have some growing now. I have kept growing it because my grandfather grew it all the time and he's been gone almost twenty years now. It will keep 7 to 8 years in the freezer and still come up, may keep many more years I don't know.
We just got the Hastings Prolific we ordered from you in the mail. We plan to grow Jimmy Red this year and then Hastings Prolific next year. What's the best way to store and preserve corn seeds?
Sorry for delay. I plant 48 inch rows and 12 inch space in row with Farmall 140. Modern planters I would go 15,000 to 18,000 seed per acre. 250 pounds of 13-13-13 per acre. Heirloom corn is pounced on by deer, crows and coons. Prepare to repel boarders!
Scott and Kathy are two great friends, and we are so happy to know them! They are absolutely dedicated to their farming, and their corn is beautiful and healthy. I highly recommend this Hastings' Prolific- its not only great to roast, but our livestock enjoys it and the deer here do too!
That looks like the Truckers Favorite corn we been growing . I wonder if they are related some where down the line . Thanks for sharing !
Great video ! I inquired from an old uncle as to what corn varieties were grown in N. Georgia in the early 20th C. He said Hickory King and Hasting's Prolific. Our family owned a grist mill that was over 100 years and, years ago, neighbors would come by every few weeks to have their corn ground. Meal would go rancid after a few weeks and had to be ground fresh. Anyway, my uncle was in the process of restoring the mill and a friend had planted Hasting's for him to grind. Unfortunately, within a couple of weeks of completing the restoration, an arsonist burned the mill. That was quite a loss to the area history.
Thanks Trackrock...The old Hickory was a great corn as well. You are correct..fresh meal needs to be eaten in a few weeks or it spoils. The reason is that it has not been treated as modern meal is to kill the seed germ. But the seed germ holds minerals and vitamins that our forefathers ate with cornbread. So..they ate up the fresh corn meal in a week or two then ground more. Sorry to here of the old mill...what a loss. Stay in touch...Scott
Check out David Shields' Facebook page, he is a professor at the University of South Carolina. They recently found Cocke's Prolific Corn being grown by a 95 year old farmer in Landrum, SC. This corn was thought to be extinct. The ears reminds me of your Hastings Prolific Corn. Scroll down his page to find about the Cocke's Prolific Corn.
I love Hastings my gradpa grew it was the seed he ordered from Hastings i rember he would prder seed from them every year when i was a little kid we had a bad year and lost the seed to his and have been able to get any back i proud to see some one still rasing the best eating corn that has ever been
hard to beat hastings prolific or jimmy red , both are fine corn heirlooms .
I live in SC and have some growing now. I have kept growing it because my grandfather grew it all the time and he's been gone almost twenty years now. It will keep 7 to 8 years in the freezer and still come up, may keep many more years I don't know.
Hey Mark...you are right. You can keep corn for many years..over 10 years in a freezer. Good luck farming this year. Scott
The plans have changed. we're growing Hastings prolific this year and Jimmy red next year.
We just got the Hastings Prolific we ordered from you in the mail.
We plan to grow Jimmy Red this year and then Hastings Prolific next year.
What's the best way to store and preserve corn seeds?
Hunter, sorry for delay… best way is to freeze it.
What's the level of sweetness?
Wesley, it’s not a sweet corn at all. Has a mild flavor that I like over sweet corn.
Do you sell any seed?
Yes, website is under construction now. Check in a couple of weeks at www.raileyfarmandfield.com
Hey Kyle, this is Scott , our corn will be for sale and website on line in about a week. Thanks for keeping up with us.
What's the population? And how much N you put to it? Any pest problems?
Sorry for delay. I plant 48 inch rows and 12 inch space in row with Farmall 140. Modern planters I would go 15,000 to 18,000 seed per acre. 250 pounds of 13-13-13 per acre. Heirloom corn is pounced on by deer, crows and coons. Prepare to repel boarders!