The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-15
FARMERS COLUMN.
:ANDI1Ha BRooMcoRN.


Kansas Farmer.
Editor Kansas Farner:-Being in
terested in brOOmcOrn as a dealer, /
read with much interest the articles
in reference to its culture, care and
preparation for market in your issues
of recent date, and while the articles
are very valuable for information con-
tanned therein, there are also in one or
two important points very erroneous
ideas advanced plainly, and might, if
not corrected in your columns, lead to
serious loss to the farmers whom the
author of the articles evidently intent.
ed to benefit with his otherwise very
desirable information. In articl, No.
5 he writes "Bale the crooked inside"
etc; and again, "Bales that weigh
from It's to $50 pOu nds are good size
to handle WELL" These ideas are, SO
far as our market( Chicagol is concern
ed, far from correct, and in your
January 26 issue you credit this with
being the market of the world for
brOOmcOrn.
The crooked should not be put into
the bales of straight brush at all, nor
should any inferior straight brush
he put in out of sight, rs it would
very likely be detected before the
grower could dispose of it, and reduce
the value OF the lot more than the
total amount Of the trash thus hidden
away. Such baling now is considered
dishonest generally by the purchaser.
The crooked should be taken by the
stalk at the crook and laid in handfuls
on the ground, the butts all the same
way, until enough in the pile warrants
commencing to put In the bale; then
put it into the press in small layers,
the stalk end out; let the butts lie as
they will. Keep the center well filed
same as you would in baling straight
brush. 1t Is very little work if done
right, ard when done In this way it
will be considered well handled, and
the first appearance will lead to atten.
ton and examination, when less care.
full baling would prove damaging.
Crooked baled in a careless manner,
thrown into the press like 30 much
hay, is worth $40 ton less to any
dealer or manufacturer than than baled
as describe.
The straight should be baled fairly
well, honestly. without seed corn or
other of inferior grade.stuc in TO swim
die buyer, who, though an expert
might be deceived, for the chances are
that the facts will be known to the
buyer, and the trick AS it will be look.
cd upon, if poor quality ais mostly hid
den by the good, will initiate damag-
ingly against the seller.
1t is not necessary to be remarkably
sleek about baling. 1t will not add to
the value of well. baled brush. Again,
the bales should be solid, well.pressed
bales, which would weigh, according
to the length Of the brush baled, from
275 to $50 pounds, the size being by the
ordinary press, about 26 inches by 81
and As inches long. Baled In this
manner, it is worth S. per ton more
than if it be IN shaky bales, with the
abortive attempt of holding it together
with Stats, or anything else; nothing
will hold it together if it is not tightly
baled.
Much importance attaches to the
feature OF baling; for time it shrinks,
and if the baling is not tight at first.
it will loosen and perhaps require
Retailing before it can be moved the
second time, and it costs from SD to Sd
a ton to rebale it here. Bales weigh
ing l75 to $50 pounds will not sell as
readily, though we'll baled, rs the
regular size to which refer.
| 1t requires two men to handle bale.
They can handle a S5O-pOund bale As
we'll and about as quickly as lighter,
and more weight can be put in the
same space, either in Car or warehouse,
and piled :up in much better shape
than small bales, which is always
| Desirable YOura trulv
Chicago, Ill. j. L. STRANAHAN.
SOMETHING LIKE AN ADVERTISEMENT.
Editor Register:
Please permit me through the
Farmers Column of your paper to adj
wise all those desiring eggs sent by
mail or express for Matching purposes.
to send to G. J. Norton, Moran, Kan
sas. He excels all poultry men IN
promptness, and in securely and neat
ly packing, and eggs reliable in fer
tility. Also those desiring brown and
white Leghorns should by all means
send to Mrs. NJ. A. Wolfe. Humboldt,
Kansas. For securely packing, neat
ness and dispatch she has no superior.
And stock pure bred I know from eX-
perience, having this spring received
several settings of eggs from both par
ties. advise every one to get their
eggs this summer and not wait until
next year when I open my poultry
yards (which by the way shall with
Mr.. NOrton's permission name ''Blue
Grass" it being go abundant here) as l
shall ask twice as much for my eggs
as either Mrs. Wolf or Mr.. Norton.
I like Mrs. I. G. Spencer's article on
poultry raising 80 much that have il
secure in my Poultry Scrap Book. She
should win the prize sure, and l hope
she may. Mrs. D. ROOF,
Kansas City, Mo.
June 5, 1855.