, 1870-02-21


much for tho farmer who grors 500 OF a,ooe
bushels Of corr II wish 10 shell a hasne or wv
Of com s. a1y time, the team muSs pe pns Oh 'ao
power aLd the aheller brought eut snd As'seaea.
Thtle ars plenty Of nand.she!!ers, 50 thefe a1e
l,lenty ot power shellera; hut athe F1nels
ID eller has not come to hAad.
Sa ppose 10 have aaeller OF t1o hoies, sotAe'
Ting Ike the apove--lwu cranfa for hsud 0fe'
aras alley fos power, = tan and : sao<t cob cA1-
r,er. tho corn 70 fall into bax below. o1e msn
1n.ahs ssr :, while sraau boy or gsri could feed
ore Of tie l.oez- Ia csse Of mora work. two men
could t41u a d one feed both holeFs nr Il o.e has
a power u IA ' kind, attach t. 3lch a saclles
shon1a aner m N n1o to SHIT, ea.heh Al hous.
sccnrdInx 10 - power. and would be Quilted 70
MI tno soau 30 ned.nrn-s,ztd fsrmA Il ap-
ne.r. 10 me- lhst en n 4 Shelter can be naade and
*old tor rom rs to, 80. The farmer who gtowA
500 bosneIs OF earn "A Is year can try IT, sud be
oIo1s n os1 ue1t nts has onlI 70 Add d horse
bower, and he can do HI own ahe!llpg, At h1s on
vuo. Eve hundred hE1 ae1s OF corn VIII nppll
1eee pourdi OF cobs, equA N value 10 two and
hAlf tons or Illinois cuaE- -tao1e taan knmctent
to pay the Interest and the wear on tne Farm.
e.s sneller.r During the II weak have led
boiled com 10 mllch cows an4 p'GA put hFe
bashe1s OF 5hel1ed corn tn tho ~ A1eft haass.
winch nus It within four i1onex ol tne TOP; Is =
then nlied mp with water, aud \ a1asael OF COOS
sup7ies the mel for boiling. It do. lhea IN bulk
ard lhe ptgF, coWf. and pouft7J arc eager LOT II
I'm rot certain Lut that, IN this COCA 'uon. IL u
better ;hau grinding; It Ia certainly ene Ne1 even
when ole haa GOOD farm MIL 1w1u 4 ose tins
subject hy asking vie, @! the corD.saes.4 nann-
fac1use, viii gel up the best and cheapett. EAn'
et'A aheller:"
suHlNKAsk OF CORN.
About the e0lh Of December took from q !, Nad
Of ccEu, a. II came from the neld, scrent-a. .
pounds Of ears Of No. corn. put II Into a nAsse
ArAfff Snn rS Ttn--
seIdsy II weighed s!xty-A'x pauads~ hnv!ns lo1I. =,
nine pounds. or IL per ceut The yted was nI,1-
i've poulds OF shelled corn and e1eyen pounds OF
ceba Had sold that corn 1t the time IN the car,
the Lu3er would have demanded The seFent5 ave
po0rde. Now can selt the SAME shelled and |
lose only oce pound on the buAheL The Same
kid OF torp Ahelled at thst TINE produced cohs,
ntteen pounds ahe.ied corn, sixty pounds
TIE shtti kage on the nfteen pouuts OF cohs WIS
toar rou1tr, OF about q pet cent: On the snsled
cora, I've ponndE, or about per cent.
At the same time pu: 100 pounds Of eArs, from
the same lot, lnatde OF Bos ztl's srat dyer,
placing The ears On tho aha.VeB alugly; 1re heat
90 moderate hcals was applied, with thls re.
sult. saftnksRe, thirteen pounds, or ?ee
cent more than that Ia tho basket, exposed to .ae
warm Air Of The Kitchen: ahtled corr, seventy
tso snd one'fouish pounds: cohs fourteen a.
oIe-caif pcundB; waate. ons-tou1th pound. :.
will be seen that seTan-etRnthz OF tho
pet cent loaA was on the shtled corn4
think 10th Of these sampler Of dsJinz
zle fully equal 10 corn In J1y or AuZust: thas H.
there would Le no moro shfinkage In tbs cribs
Tna variety Waa m easty red-cno, dent ensu, ana
Weighs nfiy-stx pounds to the measured nus1el OF
bhe1ed corn, thus making It 8sads No. L
bare before made . statement Of the geld OF
corr, On the several cordlnona Q! soil ant treat.
merit In thsf statement aeven.y I've pounds Of
corn WEI estimated IS nushel, falling only l
aleDt The corn from which the samples were
tnken were from old land, Yielding only forty
oushels to tae acre. II III proaao!e tha. samples
from the held Of aixtJ-1ye bEsaels Houli have
hhoEn slightly better tedult
We might aasuue that serenry.e11 to seventy.
teven pound OF ears OF new corn viii make
pound Of old shelled, Of taAt one Is the equivalent
OF the otner- It also ahoNs that no farmer can
afford to sell his corn at seventy pounds to the
poshel, aod take rne price Of new eoea. l have
ahoTn thAs the sh1nIsEe OF shelled corn is less
than 10 per cent, but Tor convenience &c will take
the Same period Il the tltchen.
TIE Ea1t sample Is forty pounds OF ears from
near the centre OF the CRIB. saelled corn, thirty
three pounds; cons, seven pouLdA
TABLE or cvArAR1soN.
100 pou1da from Kitchen, per cent....ss il
10 pout d. from Boswell . dryer.....s3 Is.t
10 pou1ds l,om eeotse e r q ef,a. a......sax tx
100 pouL d from Held Ii December. ~ 20
TAXING the Weight Of the cob as An Index OF
drJnea, will lie seen th4t the top OF the cfto IL
The drJeat But do nos think this quite t1ue, for
the air o1 the 1ltcnea ID damp, while that Of the
CRIB II dr. kerce they call II 10 per cent FROM De-
cember 10 June- Taking tha market OF the l4th,
ard Va n1d old cora 20 cents, new, 81 cents, OF q
difference Of IS per cent
euRNKAlr IN THE cRB.
1Et1l give the result Of = test Of the Eare corn
fIon the crib. SaTen.y-dve pounds from tue top
ei tie Glib. 1udtz shsr gle 1oof PAVE s1,J.tnroe
pounds shelled corn and twelve pounds Of oooe
Tho neAluted eirtct bushel weighed dttJ.4Ix
pounds, showing rhAt ztxt4.lsven pounds OF ears
would make buahel Of sheled corn, precisely
The rtkult Of that kept, though the latter Nould
Host certainly dTy out the cob,
In taeae eauplea thase N8s no perceptIbie dl-
te1ence tn the quality Of the corn. ! think We
might asauEs that the cob viii dry ont oye and
half pou1ds On the hundred poucds aod that
tee corn will shs1Ek ~ Or 10 per cent This II for
No. com: eoor cufn would have no aIed r1ls.
Nov, Il re had chesp shelter, 10 that eyetJ
farmer could sneL hls OWL cord, the general
character OF Western corn mould Improve; for the
farmer would soou ind 1t TO his advantage to sofs
! his corD, seIdioK only tho beat to the market
VIII aome member Of tho BoAo OF Tfa1e g,Ts
| The readett OF the TaiBEsA the coat OF Kiln.
dying new corn, with the percentage OF sh1Ink-
ne7
HKfTtfd OF MICHIGAN nEk.1EKrEHe.
The Michigan Bee-keepers' Associsiion Ia 70
meet at lansing, on Wednesday, March y, ~
| md IT, Tue programme ia II toLowa;
spr1ng ard winter. on foa1-nrnod, and utntr
| bee ms]sdlea; on the Italian bee: on au1umer
| EaEaRcneut: consideration Of National Bee
| Convection: on natural swa1ninS; Oh tue mel.
! extractor; on .atsike clover: On Q1ceu.rAl3luc;
| on ast1nciA sNsruirR: OF transferring; on ~
! crtnSi1g The ibtefest IN agriculture.
/
! expected 70 be present, aud there ean be 20
dunbt OF an interesting ana prontabls meeting
The time Ia a little late tor our Central 1El,aoa
keetecrtr1 to a::e1d, ~ ttoas time the active
work Of the seRson Will BE- In full progress
RIRlI
Mrs. RtcninEs.IscFuard.
| From, the St.r YcTk Tribune. Frb. IS,