Grinding your own field corn seems like a good way to save money but I think I would find a way to run the corn sheller mechanically as turning it seems like a lot of hard and unnecessary work. That home-made corn crib though is pretty neat and sounds like it works well for storage and drying of field corn. I'm actually very impressed by this small scale homestead operation.
While tillage is up in the Lake Ontario plains and northern Finger Lakes due to more dairy, the decline in dairy in other parts of state means a lot of farm land that was once cultivated is now used for hay and grazing for beef cattle.
What town has the largest percentage of land cover used for agricultural purposes? Town of York in Livingston County - 9.1 percent is hay/pasture, 62.8 percent is cropland making it the state's town with the most agriculture as a percentage of area.
![Most Agricultural Town in New York State [Expires September 29 2025]](https://andyarthur.org//data/photo_018513_large.jpg)
