, 1860-06-04
A ADown.CountrY Letter.

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cu.xr.1aa. IT,. 1uae !, 1860
Editor. p1ez and Trbuns:
1t is remarkable to what an extent the nsaEe
methods of our old ssttler.farners are juatihed
BY an,experience Of FIVE or ten years IN inc
cou1ts9. Every stranger In Illinois muss nave
noticed thu old fashioned rail corr 'czlbs' genef-
ally open r. the top, 8led or empty, accosong
to The reason, or the thrift Of the owaeF. How
often this method OF keeping corn has been
laughed at, how often cited as apiece OF tesh'
mony to show the shiftless character Of West
-ern farming and incapac1ty of The d1ers oi 1ne
soil to keep safe and sound what they had laoo'
rionsly raised and gathered.
But it now appears that The old rail corn. eE1o
Is better suited for the purpose INTENDED, tnan
any new method Jet suggested or PROVIDED. a
great many Thousand bushels OF corn, purchased
last fall and winter, put up IN board cribs COZ"
cred at the top, and apparently sufficiently ven
tilated, have, upon being .helled out, recently
been found so heated and damaged, though put
up for No. ], turned out No. 2, and have often
gone rejected. An examination Of the tables of
corn inspection in Chicago, will conf I'm this
statement. The ,loSs to the holders must be
an immense one.
It's impossible to Keep large bodies OF gram
IN bulk land Indian corn IN the eaf Goes no1
seem to be an e1cephon) safely, over Inc e1
tremes Of temperature IRON winter 10 auu'nei
no matter how Bound sno ofs tne gsa1n nn5 W
when piled together. I 1suppose the reason L.
TINT the grain. put up at a low Temperature, be-
,1.H- .,ri,,t,r ~ hao4 -s+o;ra that tam
~ o4o" s.4 ss.s .,;.h a.. sasso,,
pclA'nio 3uo o'eo wv ""''@ "'-4A 'o~
and the moisture Oh 1ao warmer a11oosPoe1e AZ
summer IL condemned in coming in contact with
it. To the depth to which the air freely circu-
)ates, so far the condensed moisture dr:es out
aud the gram Is saved, bnt beyond that point It
becomes, first damp, then mouldly, and finally
rotten.
The old rsil pen is seldom over eleven feet
wide, olteuer nine and ten, neTeF higher; II
allo"s' free ventilation, often on three SIDES,
al"eys On t"o' ano "nen nileo ana rounoeo Oh
top Win Sonno coto, tna1 soaoolng pfofiolue
eone'enE wafer sneo' WILL keep i1s eon'ents
SOUND from nar'es1 70 nal'es'' 90 you zee
eastern comprehension, Tor they saTe US and
them from starvation, by floating our great sta-
pie safely over the vide gulf that stretches from
season 10 Benson. Hurrah! for Lincoln!
By the way, it is evident that many aspiring
politicians on hearing Of L'neoln's nomination
at Chicago, must have felt "like some watcher
"of the skies, when ne" planet swims into
lake n!eAa soms wasehers Of tue .kls..
o. rss .ton, co,.ss .sh.n e;,a a's s.",..s ~,
lie stared at the rac.ar:. sud all hlt mn
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