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Corn Stalk Mailbox
How about this - an 8-ft. high metal corn stalk mailbox. It was built by Dee Lee Treat and stands in front of his home in North Platte, Neb.
The corn stalk mailbox is made entirely from welded-together metal that's painted green and has a steel plate welded onto it about half way up that supports the mailbox. A
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Corn Stalk Mailbox FARM HOME Novelty Items 27-4-25 How about this - an 8-ft. high metal corn stalk mailbox. It was built by Dee Lee Treat and stands in front of his home in North Platte, Neb.
The corn stalk mailbox is made entirely from welded-together metal that's painted green and has a steel plate welded onto it about half way up that supports the mailbox. A steel rod welded on diagonally between the stalk and mailbox provides reinforcement. The stalk contains two ears of corn, with the silks made out of short lengths of yellow rope clamped onto the end of the ear. The tassel is painted yellow. The bottom of the corn stalk is welded to a large steel disc blade that's buried about 2 ft. in the ground.
"It has become quite a conversation piece in our neighborhood," says Treat. "I got the idea after our daughter's husband, who's an agronomist, saw a photo of a similar corn stalk and our daughter showed it to me. She asked me to build one for her, too. So far I've built two models and am building another one for a neighbor."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dee Lee Treat, 4720 Valley Drive, North Platte, Neb. 69101 (ph 308 534-2267).
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