The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-06-18
.4GRICULTUR.AL.
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serving Grain, Il
PARTICULARLY THE CEREALs.
Translated from tie French. BY Jsmes Bryan, N. D.
Professor of Institutes of Medicine IN Philadel-
rhis College Of Medicine.
Ia the September number Of the Complies
Rendvs, ~e fud sn i2teresting eltac, Of q
lecture on the best mode Of preserving giaius,
BY Leon Dsfour.
M. Dsfsuf 10 veil Known 10 Europe % .
very acute observer Of the hsbus and hists.
ries Of insects, 80 veil a. q seieati6c Agrieul. /
tu,is,. Tho reading" hs says. "ef au a..
ticls BY N. N. Boblere and Cartier. on the
means Of preserving grain. inserted in the
Compile Rendu Of the Academy Of the 18th Of
August. 1850, has reminded me that 10 lsAl
| addressed . usmois On this subjec, 10 the
Central Society Of Agriculture. Of which l
su corresponding member.
"Tbe method which indicated 10 preserve
grain from the cbsrsueso, ('hs wesv'l,) the
pspiIlien. Che 6y y and ether destructive In
.ec,s, ,s founded 90 reason and sxpsiience.-
The secret consists 10 plsciog the grain 10
conditions unfavorsb 10 the production and
4, devslopmsn, Of tho iusec, witsou, ipjurios tho
D grain. Nov sir, light, heat. and moisture are
l doubtless influences favorable to oil germins.
ton. both snimai aud vegetable. Place the
}. grains beyond the influences Of .hsss sgsats
d aad they may DO preserved for ever. II 10
on this principle tina, the sllos or granaries Of
s. the Arabs are conducted, asd the trostres o.
. bushels Of gram remain fresh and unchanged
q for indefinite periods. There 10 bU, enc up.
} per aperture, and one lateral oos, through
which the gram 10 introduced aud taken out
both Of which may DO her~eticsily sealed.
Before" says he, "s,s.ng the sinPls
/ and economical plan which sn experience Of
e fifteen years has laugh, me to b The best, |
n will say few words on the origin Of ny
o practice. often found that grain gafnsrsd
G into one building, chiefly for the use Of the
d farm, became affected With the ay (Pspilhsn
on Alucre) 10 my grsnary q. all seasons,
At while that Of the laborsr. placed 10 boxes
,. (babu,s) or hogshssds, placed in the most OBJ.
o scv,e parts Of their hosses. were perfectly
preserved. This hint was no. lest upon ne
u or others.
N 81 resolved. therefore TO, place, immsdi-
% a,ely ahsr the harvest. my grains veil dusd
y. (but ~i,hou, artificial hsat) in immense cAsks
= lions, beugh, At low price from The grocer
ut or tobacco msrehspts. | shaved in one ed
al sud covered it with . movable covering re
a, tanned 10 ito place BY large stone.
On "Thess hogshesds or tiefces, containing
I'd rem six to seven hectoIlires Of gfsis, ar
II. placed on one end in rs~s along the wall, il
,bs dsrk.s, part Of The gfansry. keeping th
ne window. shutters always veil closed. II !
=. found that By this process twice as much graz
y may be placed without iucsnvsssacs in III
"a same grsnary. | may hero monica the lei
OF ,imoay Of Victor R.ndu, Inspeetsf Of Ass
e, culture, who has seen aud approves Of .
be mode Of pu.tiug away gram. ! know sem
ne large farmers Of our country vbo have Cot
nd s,suc,ed, 90 the same principle. large fecsl
be iacles OF wood, which will contain mere tia
81, sixty hscselitres.
nat 81 repea, tia, after fifteen yesrs sxpsr
~ ence 10 this process. | have no, oaly feusd q
d; insec, in my grain. but What is Of more ia
or. portance, tho depredstions Of rats end birs
10, are avoided, a. veil ss dust sod oil sos,s
Of waste. Ths grain acquires no odor, there
Of DO loss, and it preserves i,s purity fer pail
ct. cation or gsrmination. Indeed the msscbsn
to prefer i. to oil other grains.
d. 81, would be easy TO adopt this plsn f
g, large quantities in cities. by making With she
iron or zinc, largo rscep,sblts, 10 hold forl
IN. to sixty hsctolitrss, aod Plscisg thsa 10 u
lot, above. named conditions. We do not he
Of speak OF the notifications necessary 10 be
hat dopted for the extension Of eur plan to
is great 40 extent. | have thought that son
w, hlnis mi2ht Dc toksh HoW tbo suo's W "
Tau farmers and others wbo desl 10 grsins, IN y
are ference to their preservation. The depred
,ey t,ens spoken Of are no, uncsmmoe, ~ | VI
18th know, among farmers especially sbsfs I
ne caro- 10 taken 10 exclude tho ligh, and moi
ers ,ors. A barn or grsnery should Of course
A built 10 dry place, with . basement bslo
tea The surface Of the grouod, where the var's,i'
or Of temperature Of tbs external ar would n
ons he felt. Ia this basement, provided It b 20