The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-27

Important ObsertdttonS on The Preservation Of
hdian Corn from he Fly or Wcoa IN HE Corn
Hou%'
Denr Sir@ For many years past, I had de.
termined 1T .hnnld build another corr house
II should be double the size necessary Tor houa-
ing my corn IN The old way intending TO store
1t as pnl'ed wit, 'bn husks on. H. The summer
Of 1927. | built sacb a house with - door AZ each
eud, aud IN ,hr month Of Octoner, from the 7tu
20 the i7th housed my corn therein from the
carts, as 1t was dulcd IN with the husks there
on. When the morning, wffe damp, the part
thea pulled was deposited IN the barn for imme.
dlate use. Within Two o. three weeks past, ]
have huSked out by an invalid hand, ~ that r..
manned ni the crop ~ put away, aud find thai II
has kept to admiration II comes from DIE husk
glossy and fresh likc new corn, and not a layer
more impcrl It aud unsound than would
have been, had II brsn husked ont NJ the
tmur of pulling, 4then separated IN ihr uSualway
send yon three els of my last years crop.
numbered !, J. 3. The Two sears numbered /.
,, we're store,i ~ the corn house as above, aud
Isielv hisked. On examination you vii find
No. / perfectly free rom lily holes, not n graiu
thereof injured this ear was covered "utlrcly
with its husk. NJ. , has The most OF is grains
towards the mail end only, fly eaten, as you
will observe tins ear wis moi covered culture
v with It's husk out u the end thereof, and the
pat it eaten exposed. NJ. 3, is an ear that
my mHnager, II being handsome and sprrkled
acCId"niiiiy took from u heap as they weIe
huskIb" for immediate usr IA the fall OF 1927.
aud car ,ed INTO the house and put II into his
{ oset, where II remained until lately. As we
both observed IA husking out during the Iasi
t~o or three weeks, hat good deal Of the corn
was AZ the snail eud Hy eaten, ana ,hSt il was
never 20 IN any of Tire ears except thpse moi fl.
" protected by the husk, II induced ham 10 btin.
out am show me the ear No. 5, now seut, which
had been IN his clio et during HE wear past
This ear as you SEE is literally eaten 10 q
honey comb, almost every gram thereof, by the
Nv.
From the above rircumsfaucesI draw the con.
clus on, ,ha1 IT | had hu.te ed out my crop Ia,t
iall IN the usual way, aud so housed il. the whole
thereof would have bern totally ruined by the
tF. such an vent did occur TO me, as 10 my
crop OF corU made IN The year 1926 which was
husked out and housed is - generally practisrd
What remained thrIrofin the tall Of 1927, was
scarcely a. Ia Use, from the quantity nj ly theie.
in. an therefore satisfied that the plau #
housing corn with lis coat on, at ray raic one
half The crop made. Is infinitely superior 10 the
old method moreover II Is iess likely 10 be p,l
tered.
The fall OF 1897, winter and spring of 1927.
1928, we're, from The great quantity OF rain that
fell, peculiarly unpropitions Ia my experiment :;
on examination through the winter oflS2I 1873.
the entire mass of hnsks add corn, for we dug m.
to it, was often found in n giving state. aud some.
times h'ated IN a small degree, which alarmed
me or Itssatciy but Oh the occurrence of north
wester, the hn,ks almost Immediately became
as cold. CfSp q dtS as wheu pat INTO the house.
Some oithe ltnsks Themselves were lost, per
haps one iourh part, BRING those got out IN The