Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-31

or lean-tos, but impossible to change
bad location. Look out for conven-
fence. good drainage. sightlness, pro-
lection from cold winds and easy
handling of the crops and the manure.
Not one barn in four has the best
available location.
There is no advantage in having a
COW that is an easy keeper: that is,
one that consumes comparatively a
small amount of food. A COW that is to
produce large quantity of milk must ca t
enough to enable her to make the milk
She cannot produce something from
nothing A good COW must necessarily
be good feeder and that is one of
the merits claimed for the best breeds
Not only should a COW have a good ap-
petite, but her food should be of the
best, so as to derive as much from her
as possible
Saving seed corn is more difficult the
farther we proceed north. The sea
son for rpening is short, often result
ing in the selection of slightly imma-
ture seed Cold weather coming on
does not admit of rapid driving. and if
the cobs and grains are not perfectly
dry when freezing weather occurs the
moist kernels are injured by the frost.
says an exchange. Corn to be saved
for seed should be harvested early. and
then thoroughly dried as RAPIDLY as
possible When the ears can be hung
up by the husl<s in a dry place that
plan works well. If the corn can be
husked and spread out in a dry place
on shelves, or on a floor and laid only
one ear deep, it viii dry nicely. Dry
ing in a room artiticidlly heated bv fire
Is the ideal way to prepare seed corn
for preservation through the winter.
When thoroughly dry the corn NAV be
piled up a foot or less deep on some
dry floor, or put in bags. and stored in
dry place until spring Seed corn
thoroughly dried as by artificial heat
Will not absorb moisture from the air.
put viii remain dry until planted If
the seed corn is to be saved out of the
bulh Of corn a. it is husked from
shocks or standing stalks il should he
picked out before being thrown into
the crib, unless indeed very drv. az
corn in bulk often becomes heated
winch Weakens or kills the germ
Disaster often follows piling up large
amount of corn from which seed is To
be selected. Comparatively little heat
ing IN the crib hurts the seed. Like
wise seed corn should never be stored
above BINS of grain or over rooms or-
cupied by live stock The moisture and
possibly gases coming from the grain
or the stock weaken or destroy the
vitality of the seed. The seed Will
probably stand a greater chance Of be-
ing preserved if left on the ear until
near corn planting time The great
prlnclple in saving seed corn is to drv
all the water out Of it until it is drv
and hard. ana it viii not again absorb
moisture from the air Testing corn
seed is far too often neglected. Corn
which has been thoroughly dried and
then properly stored will lie in the
ground for a few weeks without rot
tlng should long. wet. cold season oc-
eur Corn which was not well dried.
put which was repeatedly frozen when
moist. ard its vitality injured. will
very soon rot if the soil is 50 wet and
cold as to retard termination. The
person accustomed to testing seed corn
can determine whether q given sample
comes with strong or weak vitality and
whether or not it would lie long in the
soil before rotting. A little nice care
IN drying and preserving seed corn ma
terally increaGes the chances for a
crop Of corn.