Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-12-03
FARMERS SHOULD KNOW HOW
TO HANDLE GRAIN FOR
BEST RESULTS.
RULES FOR MARKETING
Weevll, the Geatest Pest, Must Be
killed.-Rotten Ears and Bad
Grain Cause Low Grades
In Market.
BY II. NJ. COTTRELL.

Thousands OK farmers in the cotton
belt this fall for the first time III
their lives have corn to sell. Being
unfamiliar with the methods necessary
10 harvest, store or place on the mar.
ket corn, the following rules will be
OF Importance to all who wish to de.
rive the highest benefit from their
crop :
Corn should be husked In the field
as soon as the grain and the cob are
dry. Kernels usually dry first. The
common method in use in the South
IS TO snap the corn. because farmers
supposed this would protect the corr
IRON weevils. Careful tests show
that this is not the case. Snap corn
often has more weevil damage than
husked corn.
Throw out all rotten, moldy, damp
ears and those which have been seri.
ously damaged by weevils. A box in
the end Of the wagon can take care
or all rejected corn, which can be fed
10 cattle or hogs. Do not feed dam.
aged corn to horses or mules. Deaths
from this cause are frequent.
Weevils are the worst enemy OF
corn in the cotton belt. Corn affected
by weevils should be placed in a tight
bin or box and should be fumigated
with b%isulphide of carbon or High
Life" This gas is heavier than air
and goes to the bottom wherever it is
put. 1t may be poured on the corr
without injury to its germinative
power. 1t is important to have the
cracks In the floors and walls of the
room or granary stopped up SO the
gas cannot escape. Dig holes three or
four feet deep into the corn and pour
the bisulphide Of carbon on it or place
1t in shallow pans over the corn.
Keep all lights, lanterns or lighted
cigars away from the bisulphide Of |
carbon, for it is a powerful explosive.
Keep the bin or room tightly sealed
for three or four days, then open the
doors and air the corn. Two weeks
ter fumigating examine IL and II
mere are any signs Of 1--we weeyils
treat it again the same way. 1t often
IS necessary to fumigate in January
md February.
Corn should be stored in the ear
should be examined two or three
lines a week. II 1t shows signs of
damp or of heating, shovel it
'ver and give it plenty of air. This
IND OF treatment can be avoided IL
ears are not gathered In the field
lntil they are we'll dried.
1t is best to shell the corr before
hipping. However, 1t can be shipped
the ear or just as it is snapped, but
ne cob and the shuck add to the
reight charges.
While Smelling pick out all ears that
mouldy, weevil-eaten, damaged BY
ermin or damp. Never allow poor
ars to go through the shelter. Corn
graded always according to the
oorest grain found in the shipment. =
few bad ears in a bushel will cut !
lie price severely. Culling out the :
amaged ears will increase the pric. :
'n~siderably. II you have good and
Id corn. ship them in two different
ts-never mix them, for then the T
hole price will be determined by the :
ID corn. Dishonesty in mixing a few
lshels of bad corn with good corn Is |
silly detected and the loss will al. /
avs fall on the farmer. /
Corn growers should ship In carload \
IS only, because buyers at the large B
arkets are not prepared to handle
rn in less than car lots. The freight &
small lots is much higher per bush. I
than In car lots. Ship in bulk. nm. &
IS you know the buyer wants the
IN sacked. II shipping In sacks. +
the same weight of corn In each 3
tx. Each sack ought to weigh 100. h
Z or 14O pounds, net. The Federal
cd and Drug Act requires that each
OF corn shipped from one state
another shall have the exact weight
the corn stamped on the sack in
in figures.
'ever mix white and yellow corn.
lite corn usually brings several 4
It's a bushel more in Southern mar.
s. When mixed the corn sells at
price of the least desirable.
'otton ginners and merchants in
all towns should put in corn shell.
Where farmers have only small
ntities Of corn they can arrange To e..
u 1t to town and have 1t shelled ~
certain days. W
Farm Campaign to Tennessee.