The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-10-17

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saf bot hot The gfain, Hefs fuily formed,
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cora, cutting M the stalks and leaves
sbovs NJ highest esrs, bat this IL nov
generally abandoned. The isages sfs
necessary for the celebrations NJ the
cap which forms ths grain, and careful
experiments prove thai when The plant
wa thus deprived " is foliage tho
grain VA. lighter and The sar moi a. we'll
filed, although II might hpes a llttls
earlier All tbs nutrlment u plants
must no prepared IN The leaves, aud
that this elaborated sap or prepared
food descepdsi consequently that when
tho leaves above The corn ARE taken IN
by topping the grain can gain no further
nutrlment 0r accession of growth, and
that when the grain IL cut up and
stacked the grain does continue 10 OBJ
tain nutrimeDt and accession ~ growth
for some days from the descending OF
elaborated zap with which the succnlent
stems ara ~abundantly charged. The
leaves also continue their celebrating
process for some days after the corn Is
cut. Corn Is harvested by cutting close
10 the ground with n sickle or a heavy
knife manufactured for this purpose.
Several hills are laid together and bound
with q cornstalk or other cheap band.
A shock should be set 80 that all the
stalks will stand plumb, then II should
be tied with = strong band rs o o as
shocked. A simple instrument to draw
and hold the shock together while tying
is made as follows Take q board an
inch thick and a foot or more square;
nail n block two inches wide at each
end Of this board; then nail another
board six inches wide on these blocks
and. bore a hole through both boards to
the center; make a spindle Of strong
wood one and onc-half to three feet long.
two inches In diameter at the top and
tapering to a point, or IL You wish you
can make the spindle larger at the top;
bore r hole through and put in n strong
round like the handle Of an auguri
fasten asmall rope, long enough to reach
around the shock TO tho spindle near the
handle. Run the spindle through the
boards, and then thrust II horizontally
through the shock, where you wish ia
tie it, pass the rope around the shock
and pass the loose end under between
the rope and the spindle. Then turn on
the handle and the rope will wind or
The spindle. You can draw the shock
20 tight that |: will raise the outsid,
stalks from the ground. II draws from
both sides alike, so that 1t does not twis
the shock. II there Is but ono persor
to use 1t he n fasten IL by making
hole through the board and slipping in
pin so that the handle cannot turn. Til
with strong Irvine. A shock set and tiet
In this way will seldom ever twist or fal
unless the string breaks. A conyenien
/. frame TO lay the shock on to husk can b,
made as follows; Take two pieces o
, light wood, about ten feet long; put
round in three feet from each end
p. Make the frame two and one-half o
' three feet wide, and high enough so tina
= you can stand straight when husking
You can work faster and easier, and tn,
}. fodder Is not soiled and wasted rs wheI
| laid on the ground. Cut and well stock
ed. neither the grain or the forage
likely to be seriously Injured BY III
weather even II left in the field late. |
topped, the the tops must be exposed I
the decorating influence Of the rains
: winds and sun, until they are DIR
, enough to bind, which dlminishes thei
: value. II cut up the whole Of the stalk
are converted into forage. II topped
y but a small part becomes useful. An
= II the butts are fed in the cattle var
; they imbibe additional fertilizing proy
:. critics from the urine and liquids whic
! abound there, and which are lost II ther
y Is no litter to absorb them. Therefor,
! II gives more to the crops ~ well as I
y the cattle, by saving that which otheI
: wise Is often lost TO the farm. Cuttin
: up has this important advantage at lea,
z 10 the north; II secures the crop, bot
!. grian and forage, from the dangers 4,
u early autumnal frost. for after the graf
J, II cut and stocked, Il Is not liable TO II
. jury from this occurrence. Another n,
= vantage is. that the ground may
: cleared two or three weeks earlier for
= winter crop where il Is desirable to SO
autumn. Bottom Statesman.