The Delaware farm and home., August 22, 1895, Image 3

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CRIBBING CORN.
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u.sk Cl«*an ami I)o Not Crib Until tho
Corn Is Dr y to the Cob.
One may easily begin cribbing too j
KM. Getting the corn in the crib toe i
M'ly is even mere disastrous than leav
ing it in the field too long. Corn that
heats and molds in the crib is altogeth
er damaged. Every ear ruins its neigh
. bor. And as the catastrophe takes place
last round the outside of the crib, where
the corn is exposed freely to the air,
tho damage is apt to have made a lam
entable progre • in the interior before
it is discovered unless one is very !
watchful indeed. It will not stop tie
heating and molding to throw the t* [
off the crib. That is the worse thing
one can do. The damage may he miti
gated by spreading the corn out in e
dry, airy pince.
Be sure the corn is cured and then
alu ad and as fast as you can. Corn can
be fed wliin it will net bellt to erit
for two to six weeks.
That corn may keep properly in a crib
it must not bo husked until cured. It
must be husked clean, and the evil;
must shelf, r it from the weather. ('. rn
should not be cribbed until it is dry—
eels dry, down to the very eob. It may
>o cribbed when wet with rain (if well
aired) without appreciable damage, tl
lot too much of it is put in the crib,
jut undoubtedly it is better to have it
iry altogether when cribbed. By clean
Husking, says a Country Gentleman
correspondent, I mean removing the silk
as well as the husk and removing all
the husk. When the silk is not removed
and when "ribbons" in the crib are fro
quent, tho. chances of molding are in
creased, and the depredations of mir
aro îmiliinli« d. Tho mice are highly
pleased by the juxtaposition of bedding
and food.
Husk and silk absorb moisture and
hold it \ cry ft w in the west remove ,
the silk, let it is aahmtful ,,s the ,
quant,ty of lnisk that would condemn a
busker s work as decididly sown.}.
The huskers that do not remove-.:.
silk claim that to remove it takes time:
,
uovingthe silk requires an extra "pass, "
which is true. The man that pays no at
tention to tho silk in husking catches
the car at its lmtt with his left hand,
strips back tin-upper half of the husk
with his right hand, and thi ll catching
tho car with the right hand lie lifts it
out of its bed and breaks it off. The
niait that removes tho silk catches ti c
point of the our, including tho sill:,
with his left hand, strips buck the up*
per half of the husk with his right
hand, pushes his left hand to the butt
of the ear and breaks off the ear with
his right hand. The left hand is passed ;
to the butt of the ear while the right
hand is being brought hack from the j
upraiscl end of the lmsk to the center
of the ear, and ahold is gained. I» |
there is really no loss of hm o . i j
there is it is so small that it is balanc
ed by tho ear being always clean of
husk, while the man who does not strip
back the lower half of no husk occa
sionally lias to stop to pull off "ribbons
after the ear has been lifted from it*
hat tho men that remove it do not hu .
oiuiich corn. My Observation is toth.
Oi tho huskers ot my ac
that remove thi- sill;
tourrary.
plain tanco those
rat as much corn in tlm crib as those
hat do not. Tho latter assert that re.
bed.
by Machinery*
HuKkiiiK Ci
There are corn I '
•s :md foddej
800
cutters with a c:.
bushels of corn i
six to eight unfit tn
An Indiana corr<
tional Stockman v
com handled l.y r nr •
thus describes it: Ym
capacity of from 2oo
day, owing to corn at
With low wheeled trm ' > ■ .
hands and teams will del:,
to the machine, one man um : I
two wagons will care for the lit'.- ; . .
corn, and one man with the aid of tie
16 foot elevator will care for the cliafic.
fodder.
__ The machine has two snapping rollers
f 2'd O
e(|ui'.'it:;:
that iiuuiuthe stunt, ana mo xonr mm»
tear it in pieces, so that there are no
whole sections to hurt the months of
stock. The husks that are taken off bv
the husking rollers are not cut, hut. are
elevated with the fodder, ur^ the cor :
is elevated into the wagon without a; ;. isle
hand work. As soon as the corn will
kt*<»p in small hulk your fodder is ri-udv
if you will lit- sure of one thing—a\oi ter
all foreign moisture. The sap that is ;
the stalk will not injure it if you tram; •
it down and do not stir it 't will In ■ r.
hut do not molest it. and it keeps va v
well, coming out a little dark, butstoc: s
relish it as tin y do silage. 1
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Tlm-c Years' Test nf Spraying.
From tho Maine station comes a brief as
resume of the results obtained fron :
three years' i xjieriinents in spraying a
clmrds with tome solution of copper : -
a protection trmn the attack of tho np- ly
p]„ »eab. The materials used were mod
itied eau celestes, bordeaux mixt nr
bordeaux mixture and paris green, ntui
pans green.
A marked benefit was the result of ;
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Farming V.
Manv farmer.; a: looking about for a
tuto f„r wheat. Just what that
su | lstitutf , muy p, )nnst bo determined I
p v *,„.. l iitv and markets Followin''are 1
^ ^ stin „.' matlo by tll0 Philadel
j,\ lPlu journal: I
Tn <)S e vdio set a high value on the ]
straw for feeding and bedding stock, cs i
«„,. with i ho track farmers in tho I
, growïye iuatead.fi
, By sowing early it »n fis pas :
a ^ ]jgil { !y , a tho aml cwn then
w ill grow a good crop of straw to cut
tho hxtUsf 1Mrt alllV) ia tiln<! , 0 „ lBnt ;
h . vavi( . tY of q ul( , Klwar corn
spraying, the increase of palatable
fruit,often nmounHng to 50 percent. In*
dieatioiis point strongly to the value of
!
spraying early in the season, before the
blossoms opt n, and of repeating the ap
plications tour or live times during tho
The best results have bei n oh |
f bord i aux mi::
season.
tained from the use
ture prepared as follows: Six pounds < T
copper sulphate (blue stone), 4 pour. j
of quick lull". 40 gallons of watt 1-. la.- I
solve the copper in a pail of hot water. |
Mi.-,
and dilute as above for use. Farm.:
advised to club together in the par- j
chaso of apparatus and chemicals, thus |
reducing expense. j
, Slake the lime in another vessel.
a.
u:t Wheat.
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cattle cat with avi'dtv," mid "l'c.ûdcs
k-'lmbt draft, rm
tlm tertilitv iff tho soil'
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GREENHOUSE OPERATONS.
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tie
MB In Flats, Then l'ril-li tti«
lSi-m-lies.
: .'i tcnt'.ous rural
Start, treryt;
and plants under glass when the grotini.
Plants Out
Even the most u
home should have a place lor forcing
vegetables, if it be. te .thing more than
a box or !: g ■> 1 :t
few roofs of p"'v
a kitchen or eeiht
■ nut iwitainiug a
! set in or near
;w. Some fresh
always handy to !
garnishing, and the
a littlo bit of
The
parsley sprigs come
put iu soups or for
provisions for growing
this green stuff are easily made,
model rural home, however, needs a
greenhouse, bo it ever so small
out an opportunity to grow vegetables
With
outdoors is deeply frozen orcoveved root
deep with snow, ono necessary feature oi
perfect homo gardening is missing.
A little greenhouse is not only a
source of ph usure, hut it affords s ;!.■•
stantiul blessings in fresh lettuce, rad
isle s, soup, carrots, green onions, inns
tard greens, parsley,asparagus, rliubaih,
mushrooms and water cresses, all win
All find full appreciation in
ter I»
our kitchen department. Any surplus, of
course, is readily salahh 1 . A writer in
American Gardening tells how to mala
the most out of every inch of available
space en and under the benches and mi t
1 the north wail besides. He says:
; Our plan is to start everything in
flats, even radishes, grew them as large
as admissible in this way and then t
: prick the good sized plants out on the
benches. Hut even then we plant let- |
tuet, close and afterward thin gradual
ly to the proper distances. When they
begin to crowd ono another ,-o remdvt
every other plant altern.., ly in tic.
rows. They ere not very ..ego attic
time, hut tender and crisp amt highly
; appreciated when they come on the ta
ble. The remaining plants are ne-v
; about seven inches apart each vav.
cabbage and cauliflower, in drills and to
thin tho plants to tho proper distance
I instead of starting them in s
1 flats and transplanting to their perma
nent plane in the held. A similar course
I in tiio greeulionso or hotbed would loave
] » large amount of space unoccupied for
i long periods. 11rs would not do.
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They aro allowed to grow until they
again begin to crowd one another for
! ru-"in, when they aro as largo as the
usually found in our
'(.wer won hi
forced lettuce
| markets. The com merci a
now gather and sell the whole crop, but
where wo want a continuous supply
j and some extra large plants besides we
I remove only every other row, leaving
| the remaining plants ten inches apart
each way. Just as soon as the bed is -en*
tirely cleared another lot of plants, let
j tneo, radishes or whatever they may he
| is put in.
j I» open air operations I aim to avoid
transplanting wherever possible, pro!or
ring to sow many seeds, such as let tuce,
■d beds or
piling tin* ?.Ianuro Pile.
F«
Every progressive «took farmer real
izes tlm possibility of enriching the ma
nure pile by feeding the stock heavily
on rich food. Tho difference between j
the "feeding" and "mamiriul" value» j
of bran or cornmenl is pretty well un- ;
dorstoort - Why not go a step further and !
' rea '' Ke tlu ' !»*rtWHiy °f feeding tin ,
>t>anmv pile as well as tho cow? asks |
Rural New Yorker:
Feed as heavily as yon may, the sta
tutu'MtTi will contain too much ni
tro K in in proportion to the potash and
phosphoric tusid. By adding a phosphate
anil muriate of potash to tho manure
yon greatly improve it. This is both
practical and scientific. It is just as
legitimate as any other feeding. Take;
.our advice and try it. In sheep farming j
some form of potash added
the manure is needed. A ton of un
washed wool tak« s away from tho far«
150 pounds of potash, and the urine o!
, sheep contains ts arly five time*as mucl. i
potash as da.» that of cattle.
THE NAia.. ... j ; c.L C F Wi-w: N.
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p*epnrutii>n« -;.x 1» Kebru
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1 tho month of February, and the 700,000
: members uml Hair Hi- mi. will he inter
„ egte(1 iu .. . , ; lia . for
si.MIS.
.,)■ to.
Hry !'r.
if the
Tho serai..
Nation:.! ifina.i 1 Y. onion of tho Unit
ed States is to lob.')•.! in Washington in
; > »»inn
the great met ; which will formal
1 Stii in Metzerott's
ly open on
a Mnsic ha „
meetings,
samt) hail ou ti>. :
and 2-1, tin n- \> -i
• ,,t the Sunday
1 o he Id in the
... .H., .4 Feb. IT
■ ; si.-ns, 12
B so -ions and
. i. in. mil.
m in.
which will
morning
three nr four .n t
morning
adjourn at t p. in.
held on .M.
voted to ti:n prci-i.
introduction of .
fraternal, and of gi
morning session and ri
Saturday, March 2 , .. ..i !
formal hr
terest will be ietrotluceil at the nine re
muiuing sessions by an adequate ad
dr. ss, which will be followed by dis
cussions, in which only duly accredited
mLU1 bt . rg may participate.
The
. : ut 10 a. iu. turn
ii' ' fir t of thi s.«
lay, Feb. IS, will be de
'ssaiid t lit
: lot:.'
W»t, he'd mi
1 ' '
a
i. J.-gate , gular and
to !
the
of
a
era! tn
s oi gc
'These are tnc perm -.i oflie. . nod pa
trons of the cotiucii. tlie j.n .ait .d
delegate of each
couli , ii, the president and o . „a
eV ery state council, and of every,
council, and 111" members of all .ie
four standing committees, widen nr. .»
follows! Thu
equal pay for equal work, o
reform and on patriotic institut. on .
One morning session will be devott d to
i«t . .1
1
!1 .liv-.«
iinii r« « •
ilivui «»
oacli of the four suhjt as continu an ty
considered l y the count il through tin
committees.
t ho general officers of the tmtioua! coun
oil, the president and delegate of each
organization and the president of uv
er y »täte and local council are pa tnitted
t o* vote. Tho evening sessions will t. it
at g and adjourn at lupin, and with
| ije exception of the last will be d, v..t
to the presentation to the gen. nil
public of the work of tho org.;i;i..atio«f
composing the council through pro
grammes which will he prepared by the
officers or by special committees,
At the last session the work of tht
council proposed f..r the immediate fa
turo will be presented, and tho officer*
elect for the next term will bo introduis
National organizations entering
the council later than three months pri
or to the opening of the session of 1st )5
cannot be considered members until aft
said session, although the officer*
and members will be welcome guests.
Xn all subsequent triennials it is pro
—led that the council shall he convoked
as one body composed of two parts, the
upper and lower councils, the president*
and delegates of organizations sitting in
the former, and tho presidents and del
f local councils sitting in the.
e
111 business serions
»h!y
ed.
er
pos
egates
latter, while state councils will be di
rectly represented in both houses
in the triennial of lWiö the president»
and delegates of local and state coun
cils, of national organizations, genera,
officers and patrons will sit in one body.
The national councils in foreign coun
tries will he invited to send fraternal
delegates, while all the officers of tla
international council of women will be
invited to attend, and the president, the
Countess of Aberdeen, is expected.
Iiut
Not a Trouble Breeder.
j municipal
j the past seven years.
; the towns are capable of exercising judg
!
, ulu tteis of city government i street im
| provemouts, poüuu regulation«, ,
terwu-ks, etc. ), arc the women m tnu
county any less capable of exercising
judgment and voting their conviction*
as t(J bridges, courthouse bond», sala
rif , s of county officers, cto. r—Liucolu
(Kan. ) Beacon,
In a h ctv.io on "The Model Worn
j an" in the Uimvh of Disciples, New
York, the Rev. F. D. Bower of Wash
ington said he did not think, with some
nun, that it was immodest for women
to vote. He regretted that they tili had
i not votes. It was not one-half so im
modest to go to the polls as it was to gu
iut0 » a-owded ballroom with bare
bare neck and bare back and bq^
hugged in the waltz,
Not a homo in Kansas lias been bn*
ken up and probably not an iota *>t do
mestic discord lias ever re>ulted l'runi
suffrage for women during
If the women in
ment and voting tlieir conclusions as to
t«i Walt/.
Jnixuodt st ti» A'fit*- Tlia
L«-s
Tin- Cape (lait.
Have you caught the cape gait yet!
If you haven't, don't. Ouce there was a
time when every woman switched her
dress along the street from side to side
of the walk. The cape wearer has adopt
ed the same fad and goes along the
street swinging tho ilem of her cape as
if it were a skirt dancer's flounce*,
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The Sydney Bulletin supports woman
suffrage because it is based on abstract
justice and says it acquiesces in it be
cause it is inevitable, anil the person
who refuses to acquiesce iu the inevita
i bio is merely shaking an impotent talon
I at the universe,
I
:
The chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution recently organ
ized at Los Angeles with Mrs. Fremont
as regent has been named the Esch
j sehoitzia chapter, from tho beautiful
' : golden poppy flower of California.
Queen Victoria is described by a re
cent writer as a rather comfortable,
motherly looking old woman iu a plain
black dress, from beneath which is vis
ible the toe of a broad, e asy fitting shoe.