Jon, nope, did'nt have time to pick the broken kernels out. You can see one kernal that is chipped for sure. I think the fines settle as the pile grows dont they? Most of the broken kernels are from the small wire concave. If you look which side of the kernel is usually chipped, it is because it was forced through the wires on the small wire concave with the wide part of the kernel against the wires. IMO anyway after taking a pair of needlenose pliers and seeing if the kernels would fit.

 I was just able to take 8 30" rows with the 20' platform. I paid 6.50 an acre to have the corn topped so I would not have to take that much more through the machine. But sometimes an ear would hit the platform, then bounce outward just enough that the ear would hang over the syckle and get cut off, loosing the ear to the ground. Not many that way, but a few. Also the disappearing fingers on this type header would shell a few kernels off and spread them to the ground. I could see and hear them hit the windshield from time to time. Then of course, the reel would simply scrape down some of the ears that were still not dropped all the way and knock several kernels off. I hope to get out to the field today before the heavy rain and take some pics of the threshed cobs and loss.

 All in all though, I was having a great time harvesting corn for the first time ever.