Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-07-24
About Saving Grain.

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About Saving Grain.
: Snma days since We had 1t short cdit'.
| rial. written IN view of the magnificent
.r;:ps ui smal! grl II in'" being harvested
alld ui' corn, shich hi'is ia:r /" ne rrr:
more abundant, urging :;ran the people
he importance of adopting measures L"
save the grain It is row 81 weil-under
.t'nl fact tlial wrhavc !I,adstIilS CROUCH
~ lfr Stale to last two years. il lrr: :;
foot OF ground be cultivated ill 1868.
Sach al abundance Was never known be
{, t. i'll this Or any Other country; and
following, rs i; DOES, a season in which
we have imported near Il hat 4 millions
bushels "i corn, aud fully quarter Of Il
! .niIlinn barrels ii,,ur in;n rhc State, be-.
vund Or home produc!iu,. is suggestive
II tho advice We then gave.
We are glad to learn that public atte'.
tim is being turned to the subject; and
since the article referred to. We have re-
reived several letters, detailing the cx.
perience OF planters IN the subject.
It is known hat in favorable situations.
wheat has been kept good several thou.
sand years. Within the tomhs Of Egypt,
grains Of wheat have been fund which
mad been lcty there away hack before the
times Of \ !nA!lam. ard Which, when plan.
led, lave .rrininatpt, and produced good
crops. The t.o characteristics ni these
;uf1b+, wh;c.i VIZ slinfl|.i INV turn nnr ri.
,eatiun In, arc abs'Hcc ,,f light and ab.
scncc Of moisture. And e.crif SIC had
not the discoveries in Egyptian toi.tbs. 10
supIr't The theory, we should naturally
be led to experiment in this direction.
But, again, perhaps the worst danger
we have to guard against in saving corn
is from the weevil. We are not aware
that the natural history of The corn weeviI
| Ia very different insect from the whoa,
weevil Of the Northern StatcS) has ever
been given to the public in manner to
reach tn" eye Of the llias-eS There, i>
o"c thing certain, however. about it. thai
is the eggs are lad in the corn while it
;> yet in the field and that The rr.nenta.
;inn which corn in large heap undergoes.
whether it is put in wet or dry. kills
.aree proportion Of these eggs, probably
n-act all except those deposited in the
outside layer of cars Hence, in large
: b< or heaps Of corn, it will be found
;lmt while it is badly wecvil.ralcn ior The
l,pih Of three or four feet, the centre is
sound and good and this is because all
he wecvi in the centre have been killed
[! '.y this fermentation, or have worked out
lear the light 1t is believed ty those
who have bad mos. experience, that wcrvil
| Will not work in air.light, dark cribs. Ey.
erience is the best teacher. Some cy.
mpIes may not he or of place.
T.,e Mexcans keep from year to year
by digging pits in the ground and cen,pn.
ting the sides and bottom. Into these
! they put the corn, and cover j, over with
earti!: and protect the whole hY sheds from
the rain. The corn is this kept air tight,
and AVA from light. an,l may be prescr.
| we'd years in this way. Major \. lack.
Son. ri Br:zorla county. one of the n.ost
Si!rcHcs,;ll farmers il th: State, has a large
br2 crib, built abort fifteen feet high.
accessible only by hole in the gable end.
This IS !lnnrcd with brick. Ia;d in cement.
Ii IS :i!c'! #'ith corn, and the ,ipor closed
tight. Corn has always kept sound in
'his crib. DR. Ni;.!est, ;t'I;rmes county.
'rts an old sugar house, built on dcsccn.
''il;g ground, the level of one part Of which
is some feet below the b;I;ncc. After
changing his crop from sugar TO cotton,
liz used the house for q corn crib With
nut particularly noticing this lower part,
lh. cora WAS used ont down to the level
"t,thr upper part from year 10 year for
five years, when: for some cause he or.
drred the hon>e to b. cleaned out. IN
i"iug thus, he found Il body of corn in the
owcr part that had been put in there five
years before, perfectly sound and good. |
Reference has been mad, in these columns
to = rail crib, in which corn was covered
some inches deep on the sides and top
with cotton seed, which kept in this way
for three years.
All these things seem to point to the
idca We have taken up. that il moisture
and light are both cScludcd corn will keep
sound for years. What will keep corn
sound will keep wheat much better.
Ne luusi tot neglect TO add, that the
experiences Of several whom W" have con.
suited t,yors the plan of housing corn Jus,
at:er ii rain. that is, when it is damp. This
of course induces fermentation, and in.
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