Originally Posted by Rhonda
I never rogued but knew kids who did. I did detassel tho. That was a hot hard job. It was either too cold or too hot or too wet. Walking through wet corn stalks is no picnic. It gives you corn rash and the leaves cut like knives. But I did it for 3 yrs.
Since we had our own crew and worked for a farmer instead of a big company we were in the field as soon as the sun came up and we quit by 2 in the afternoon. Milo leaves cut and it really stings when you get in the tub after work! I never detasseled.