Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-11-30
FARM AND GARDEN.
Corn Cribbed Before 1t is Fully
Mature Will Mold.
LOSS OF FRUITS IN STORAGE.
If Meat is Put Away in Proper Con.
ditiOn, 1t Will Keep Sweet
Agricultural Notes.

The American Agriculturist saws: Tie
loss OF fruits and vegetables in storage is
OF not unfreqnent occurrence. TO lose
ones supply of potatoes or apples is A
serious matter. Sometimes the loss is
due to storing in bad condition. Potatoes
and apples-in fact, every fruit or vrue
table-shouId not be stored away " hlle
damp. Dampness favors rot. Fruits
and vegetables are best stored in some
dry, airy outbuilding until the imminent
approach OF freezing weather makes il
necessary to put them in the cellar. The
building should have rather open sides
and there should be fee circulation ni
air under and around it. Seed corn
should not be put away until it is thor
oughly dried-tu put it away damp i. ro
give cordial invitation to disaster, If
meat is put away in proper condition. it
will keep sweet; otherwise it will decay.
and it would make many Il farmer feel
poor TO have his pork spoil. Meat
most frequently spoils beralsp it is pnL
away before it is thoroughly cooled. One
should remember that the interior &c ,Is
last and that the middle of IL piece will
retain considerable heat after the sur
face has been cool for some time. Some
times meat butchered IN very cold
weather is put away frozen so haid that
1t Will not absorb salt. This may favor
decay. Every year much hay, straw and
folder is lost because of storing It in bad
condition. The great bulk OF the straw
stored in this country is put in stacks.
and II will keep in good condition sry
eral months if the stacks are properly
constructed. Much depends ulun the
top, and it is a good plan to repair the
top and carefully rtadjust the keppers
some weeks after the stack has frrn
built. 1t will have become settled hv
that time. The same attention should
be given to llavstack>. Corn fodder LETT
IN the field during the winter is sure to
be damaged seriously. The parts III
injured are just the ones that are most
valuable. 1t 1t paws to cut rorn. it will
pay to store the fodder in such a way aS
to preserve it. Ii it is well set up and
given roof OF boards and straw. it will
keep in good condition Corn cribbrI
before it is fully mature will mold. and
may rot. 1t does not paw to get in TOO
great hurry and store the corn before
1t Is hit; and on the other hand, unless
one begins husking it at the earliest sea-
sonable moment and pushes the work.
his corn will pass beyond tit condition
lor storing ii he he in the great COM
growing belt. Wheat or oats put in the
bin in unfit condition will spoil unle,s
attended to, and one should irpuu,ntlv
run his hand deep down into the bin for
some weeks after threshing. II the grain
starts to spoil, the only thing to do is to
get it out on the barn floor and shovel it
around every day until it dries and coos.
In conclusion, to put everything in sior-
age IN good condition is reform much
needed on many farms, and it is To he
noted that it is reform that may he hp-
gun at any time.
ITEMS OF INTEREST,
1t is very seldom that horse gets cast
if tied short.
A warm barn and good bed save
grain in winter.
A straw shed may be made as warm
as bank barn.
Baby tread powers are now made for
baby Separators.
, Happy is the man with fresh cows.
Butter is high and steadily advancing.
1t is time those porkerS You mean 10
- turn oil in the fall were getting in
good shape.
"A ont OF doors " i, too roon,v place
or milking. The successful dairvn,rn
mix under shelter.
II tnrnipS are fed, do the milking he
ore ieedlng. unless Your customers are
ohd OF turnipy flavor.
lon can make Il pound of pork chpaner
now than in ordinary December weather.
A'e you crowding the >huats?
Keep book account with vour cows.
Ahow what they are doing and what i'm
'one you have from each. IL is bu.in,,s
ltls to be hoped no one is leaving
lock out OF doors in the cold rlinstnrms,
10 do 50 advertiscs want of comu,uu.
ense.
SaIt gwen to cows has some effect ON
ne quality OF the milk. This is nrre.-
army So AS the salt aids very much in
he digestion OF the food
One OF the points for stock growers TO
''ep !. IN mind IN improving their breeds
mat the quality can be improved win.
" NV iV"SIIIS tne cost lUr lUOl
Inc jackson Park dairy test has proved
ia. thele iSa grneral-pnrpose COW. and
nat She Will make butler. The sn.ri,l
AIRY COW makes more OF it, however.
II sheep or pigs are allowed the rnn If
ne orchard. they will DESTROY many i'm.
Tcts 10y eating fallen apples, AMI viii do
etter ior the succulent foud Tins uh.
aimed. ' '''''S op'
MIX with dry hands. 1t is far to,
,iil.'ioh 10 Keep the hands and thr trats
ripping wet with milk. 1t may In, 81
Tue easier to milk with wet hands. inn
is filthy habit. '''''' VT
yet the cream into small bulk t, sa,o
h'ttr ~ churning. Thick cream r,n
$50 oe cilnrned colder than thin cream
nd a gain in quality is obtained a. wnIi
an increase in quantity.
There have been enough tests r,od.,
.rillsh proof that dry corn folder can
successfully made into ensilar. hy
e,lltS IL aS 1t goes into the silo; nhnnt
enty. ''' 'o"u 's
a ciose barn Is not the best for sheen.
I've Them shelter from stnrm tra,,
ON dralts, and except ior ewes that
we 70 mother winter lambs Won have
.ouSh ior all except the most severe
uoo'i hutter can Ice made when all the
Iuer lat Is taken out # The milk G,nl
llter can be made from the iir.t half or
,ce-'ourths OF the cream which r,,ps
u hot from the last t. rise if rEn,rai
81 r'se'i' 1t will be slushy, iuiei,r