The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-13
FLORIDA FARMS ~
~ AND FARMERS

five feet deep. The proper setting Of
these points is quite important. Holes
must be dug for every individual post
with slant toward the center, SO that
when the mill Is set on top Of them
1t will be on a level. Therefore all
the holes must be dug to the same
depth, with post hole digger If pos
slble. We want as small a hole as
will take the post, for the smaller the
hole the better able we will be to
make solid job Of the necessary
tamping after the post is in place. In
setting these posts so as to get them
perfectly solid, sand or soil must be
tamped all round each individual post
and plenty OF water poured on during
the tamping process to help make
them solid in their places, SO that
none of them will move when grind
ing begins. Then brace them
thoroughly from the inside with 2x4
scantling material.
| Setting the Mill in Position.
In setting the mil in position on
top of these posts, good plan is to
bolt a couple of pieces of 2x6 inches.
about three feet long, to the base of
the mill, and then bolt these pieces
to the top of the posts, either by lag
screws or set-in bolts. This makes
| it easier to level up the mill, and
helps the solidity of the whole.
| II the posts are ten feet long, and
are five feet in the ground. a space
! of five feet is available for the Juice
| tub and the necessary straining appli-
ances.
Straining the Juice.
| The first step towards getting a
high-grade syrup is the clean and
thorough straining of the juice as it
leaves the mill spout. A tub made
from the half of a syrup barrel
answers well for the strainer. A
hole should be bored in the side of
the tub large enough to admit the
end of the juice pipe, and the juno
ton should be made tight so as not to
leak. The tub should be placed on
a platform to get it up close to the
mill spout. A piece of fine wire-cloth
should be tackled over the hole at
the end of the pipe in the tub, to
act as strainer. This should be fit
ted on so that 1t can easily be taken
off for cleaning, which will often be
necessary. If BLACK moss can be
had In quantity, an excellent filter can
but 1t must fbe removed several times
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it is washed and dried, and then the
dust shaken from it. On top of the
tub and held In place by wire hoop,
a double thickness of cheese cloth
should be used. This will also be re-
quired to be often renewed. On top
of all piece, about Is inches square.
of ordinary window wire netting
should be laid, to catch the rougher
parts as the Juice runs from the mill
spout.
This gives us three strainings and
"a filtering, which should make the
juice clean enough for evaporating.
Prof. RoIfs On Seed Corn.
Prof. P. H. Rolls, of the Florida
Agricultural Experiment Station,
sends out an important bulletin on the
proper selection of seed corn, which
we deem of much interest to our
farmer friends and worthy of repro
duction in full. 1t follows:
''The proper or improper selection
OF seed corn makes or wastes one
half of next years crop. Half crop
of corn leaves little or no profit for
the farmer. Everyone who expects to
plant corn this year, and has not al
ready done so. should select his seed
corn without further delay.
In selecting seed corn from crib
one should have before him at least.
a hundred bushels of good shucked