TEENAGERS TAKE A BREAK FROM DETASSELING CORN DURING THE SUMMER IN A FIELD NEAR NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. NOTE THAT THEIR CLOTHES ARE SOAKING WET. THE HYBRID CORN SEED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR IS OBTAINED BY DETASSELING. IT IS ONE WAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE MONEY FROM THE SEED CORN COMPANIES. THE YOUTHS EARN THEIR PAY. IT CAN BE COLD, WET WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN THE TALL CORN PLANTS ARE COVERED WITH HEAVY DEW. THEN IT CAN GET HOT AND MUGGY AS THE SUN CLIMBS OVERHEAD

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