Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-20
CORN IN THt CRIu.
Trusiworthy Information Concerning tho
Much Ncsed Question Of shrinkago.

Trustworthy Information Concerning tho
Much vcred Question Of shrinkago.
Many random statements have boon
made concerning the shrinkngo u corn
in tho crib and tho enormous losses
thereby sustained by farmers who arc 10
stubborn "a to hold the crop for a better
market A number ~ experiments hayo
also been reported. Tho principal reason
why previous experiments arc II ~ It,.
Tic real value Is because thoy were made
with insignificant quantities aud under
conditions which do not exist ON ono
farm IN n thoumnd. To 30 ~ value nn
experiment u this sort must ho on
reasonably large scale and under just
such conditions as uro most likely to
exist on . majority Of farms
Three joint owners Of tract compris-
ing 5000 acros of land decided to make
careful test and determine oxnctly
how much corn actually docs shrink In
weight whom huskod and crihbod undor
such conditions as arc usually found ON
tho ordinary farm. To this ond, thoy
erected, In tho center Of tho tract mon.
toned. u double crib, 20 feet wide. $50
feet long, and 10 foot high at tho caves.
with driveway s feet wide through
tho contor and good tight roof over
all. Near ono end Of this crib small
Office was built, and ret Of standard
scales put In. Husking began Oct ~
and ended Dec. H.. Every day while IL
was going on every pound ~ corn that
went into the crib was weighed aud ~
corded. Tho quantity put Ia footed up
exactly ~, 1855 bu.hols u 20 pounds
each. From November TO March the
price offered for corn by local dealers
was % cents per bushol Of 20 pounds
June I the price went mp to 5a cents.
and the corn was sold. to be- delivered nc
tho elevator ~. miles distant early In
July. Whom tho timo Tor delivery ar
riFod, the corn was weighed ns II cln0
out Of tho crib, and Il was again weighed
Vt the elevator. tho total weight at tho
two places varying but a fcw pounds.
Tho corn weighed iI.s9G bushels 10
pounds when taken ont, showing "a total
shrinkago 81 1850 bushels. or q small
fraction loss than 7 x per cent
IL will be- seen that II these mon had
sold tho corn Immediately after husk-
ing II would have Melted them 81.
1880. by holding until II was sun.
ciontly cured 20 be- handled safely Ia
great bulk and the lakes aud other wa
torways were open 10 traffic. they real
lied a., 7iG. ~, or 1900. g2 more than
II they had allowed themselves 10 DO
frightened by tho great shrinkngo buga.
boo
Thoro IS a right us VOL ~ u wrong
time 10 sell corn, says tho writer Of tho
foregoing In Rural New Yorker. Ito
addsi II the crop IL u short ono and tho
price at husling time Is what may be-
termed high, then Is tho timo 20 let 60.
II, ON the other hand, the crop Is a
great ono and the price at husking
timo Is below tho cost Of production,
then h tho time 10 hold on.
In this age Of wire aud Stat combina.
tions good cribs eau DO erected at a mod.
crato cost Tho main parts arc the floor
and roof. Get tho floor we'll up from the
ground. 80 that vermin cannot harbor
under II and block IL up 10 that IL will
not sink. Then put ON a Tainproof roof,
and tho corn will bo all right A steep
roof made Of common boards IL better
than u nearly fiat ono made Of tho best
shingles. Get your portion Of this
great" crop into good cribs, aud then
You can afford osmilo nc tho shrinkago
wall.