A woman sitting down, took a handful of corn and holding it in her left hand by the stalks, she set fire to the ears, which were at once in a flame. In her right hand she held a stick, which she very dexterously beat the grain out the very instant the husks were quite burnt. By this simple process, corn may be cut down, winnowed, ground, dried, and baked within half an hour.
A woman sat down with a handful of corn and held it by the stalks in her left hand before igniting the ears, which quickly caught fire. With her right hand, she expertly used a stick to remove the grain from the burning husks.