Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-12
A POLE CORN CRIB.

the ground, so that the corn may not
absorb moisture from beneath and
that the cats and terrier may have a
chance at the rats and mice. How
ever, the rats will not infest crib
under which there is plenty OF light.
Make the crib on high ground with
enough slope to drain well, taking
care that the foundation Is level.
The floor may be made OF puncheons.
Trim off the slivers from the upper
side; otherwise il will be difficult
matter to shovel out the corn. A
doorway is made by cutting through
three or four of the lower poles, nail
ing a board against their ends to hold
them in place. A door is hinged to
the outside of the crib, and as the
corn is thrown in, boards are placed
inside the crib, across the opening.
If they pass beyond the opening only
an inch at each end, they can be re-
moved easily when it is desired to
take out the corn. The roof is made
of clapboards or Of common lumber.
If boards are used, they should be
Just long enough TO reach across the
crib, and the weights placed on them
should be put on their ends. If the
boards project, they will split in from
the end to the point where they rest
on the crib 1t is better to weight
than to nail the boards down, since
they must be turned each year to
avoid warping.
A poAe pen can be made with a
driveway in the middle, which can be
used for wagon or machinery shed
most of the year. The cribs run w
to the roof, and the driveway Is
rooted over into loft for the storage
of hoes, forks, rakes and other light
tools. The winter months furnish
ing the necessary timber for such q
structure.
Our illustration gives good idea
of a pole crib with a driveway
through the center. Agri
culturist.
Planting Potatoes with Corn planter
will describe my way of planting
potatoes with the corn-planter. &c
two tubes made of stove-pipe irol
eight inches across at the top ant
three inches at the bottom, and lon
enough to set on the heel OF tn
runner, and to come about six inche
above your planter-boxes. Fasten on
to each box with bolt, and tie tn
lower end to the runner with wire
Place basket with potatoes on tn
dropper's seat. Let boy sit on eac
box and drop the potatoes in tn
tubes. They will fall in behind tn
heel of the planter and be covered
we'll as CORN. b. Fuller.
Farm Machinery.
One great advantage which the II
creased use of the best machinery
TO the farmer is seldom spoken Of b
the manufacturers, or by the farmer
themselves. Perhaps the farmers d
not realize it, while the makers Nigh
think it would hinder, instead {
helping, the sale of their machines
it were known. 1t is fact that til
use Of the machine soon makes MOI
careful farming a necessity III
scythe could be worked among rock
and stumps, and along hedge-rows an
bitches, and carried through the bog
but one who wants to protltably u'
the moving machine must remoN
the distractions and I'LL up or drai
the places where the horses woul
mire or the machine pillow up I'll
ground. The seed drill is of but lit
use unless perfect seed bed is mac
to work it in. The corn planters ar
potato planters that work
horse power, very quickly suggest tn
they do the best work when the lar
is well plowed, anC well pulverlzed
narrowing, and the potatod iggers al
beah-pulling machines will not wo
well IL the land Is allowed TO becon
foul with weeds that will choke !
the machines. Much the same thil
might be said of many Of the m
chimes used in the Southern State
and others used In che Northe
States, but enough has been said
show that the farmer who has DR.
class machine has got to 'liye up