The Carlisle independent., 1919-11-13
BETTER FARMING HINTS
Corn Must be Shucked and Dried Imme-
 diately

Corn that has been eyerfloWed should be shueked clean of all husks immedi- ately. If it is only snapped and stored with the husks on, its quite certain to mould or sprout is the warning of H. K. Thatcher District Farm Demonstra- ton Agent for central Arkansas with the Agricultural Extension Division.
 The shucking peg will have to be used if the present corn crop is to be saved in those communities where the corn land has been oyerflowed or the ears ae down in the muddy field. is AIr | Thatcher's advice. It may be disagree able job to put on rubber boots and go into the fields toshuck corn but unless this is done this year thousands of acres of corn will be lost.
 The excessive rains have made 1t nee essary to abandon the southern method of "snapping'' the corn with the shucks on. Corn must be shucked clean and placed in a well ventilated crib in small quantities in order that it can be moved from one end of the crib to the other tn til it has thoroughly dried out
 Corn that was well matured before the rains came willbe found in a good state of preservation provided the ears are not under water I have visited a number of overflowed fields and am con- yinced that if the shucking is done at once that very high percentage of the corn can be saved if 1t is taken care of in this manner. Every field has a good percentage of ears well covered with husks and tips pointing toward the ground. 1Ihis corn can be saved without any doubt if it Is husked and some at tention given to drying it. Even the corn that has been overflowed and the ears partly covered with mud can be of much more value as hog feed if it is given the same attention.
 Corn that was cut and shucked and allowed to stand in the weather is be- ginning to sprout and mould ill the shock It will certainly be of no vslue ii allow ed to stay in that condition but there is chance that it can be saved if it is shucked at once and stored in well ventilated slat crib
 should a sweet potato storage house be available, wet corn may be success 1 fully dried out in like manner of drying sweet potatoes. 1 have seen this tried in small way and while it may be a laborious task it might mean the years supply of corn meal fer the household Extensive preparations are being made by Dean Martin Nelson Of the College of Agriculture to secure some of the best agricultural specialists of the Middle West to appear on the programduring Farmers Week at the University of Ar kansas. Fayetteville, Dec. 1920. Chas. E. Thorne, Director of the Ohio EXper iment Station has replied that he will make an effort to be present two days. Albert Dickens Professor of Horticulture in the Kansas State Agricultural College and a practical fruit grower, has replied that he will attend.
 Frank Kleinheinz, who is known the length and breadth of the Mississippi | valley as practical sheep man. will be sent by the University of Wisconsin to talk on Care and Profits in Sheep Rais- ing" The secretary of the National Du- roc Jersey Association, J. R. Sanders and w. A. Cochel field representative of the Southern Breeders Association will discuss pure bred hogs and beef cattle. C. T. Patterson, practical poultry man who was in charge of the Missouri Poul- try Experiment Station for number of years, and Judge J. $. Naples of Berry vile, well known sheep and goat breed CT will be the guests of their respective district
 Annual meetings of a number of state and district organizations, each Of whom which will be held in conjunction with are preparing an educational program the general program arranged by the Col lege of Agriculture. will contribute to make the week hold some special points of interest for every progressive farm Q in the state:
 County Agents Will Attend Short Course
 More than B county agents who are making cooperative shipments of live stock and a good number live stock men of the state will attend the short course of the cooperative shipping managers in St. Louis, Nov. 1920. It has been sug- StSItu to tHc toHllf dSchtc os l. iNoN Reid. agent in livestock marketing with the Agricultural Extens.on Division that they load one or more cars of livestock and accompany the shipments in order that they may be there for those days.
 An interesting series of studies is pro- vided for in the program which has been arranged by the Bureau of Markets. Market Grading will be considered from three standpoints: grading on the hoof, following up in the packing house to ob- serve how the different grades dress out and the relation of grading to eoopeative shipping Successful methods of hand ling shipment loading and care en route to market, efficient systems of account