. The book of corn : a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others : a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . Corn. HARVESTING 161 In Christian county, Illinois, Messrs Ricks, Pro- vine & Maxon placed sixteen thousand one hundred and fifty-five bushels of corn in an ordinary covered crib during the autumn of 1895. The corn was sold the following July, the shrinkage amounting to seven and three-fourths per cent. The corn was in fair crib- bing
. The book of corn : a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others : a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . Corn. HARVESTING 161 In Christian county, Illinois, Messrs Ricks, Pro- vine & Maxon placed sixteen thousand one hundred and fifty-five bushels of corn in an ordinary covered crib during the autumn of 1895. The corn was sold the following July, the shrinkage amounting to seven and three-fourths per cent. The corn was in fair crib- bing condition when husked, but the winter and spring following were unusually dry. In the fall of 1897 seven thousand one hundred and six bushels were cribbed, and sold in July, 1900, and the shrinkage was three hundred and fifty bushels, or slightly over four and nine-tenths per cent. In 1900. Fig 46—Excellent Rat-Proof Corn Crib twelve thousand two hundred and twenty-eight bushels were cribbed, and the shrinkage by the next fall amounted to four hundred and fifty-three bushels, or slightly over three and seven-tenths per cent. Mr Maxon states that the corn in 1899 was very poor, in fact the poorest ever raised on that tract, but in 1900 the crop was of excellent quality, although the ears were not large. He believes that his neighbors con- sider his corn shrinkage very small. This may be due to his manner of cribbing it and to the quality of the corn. He has a double crib two hundred and fifty feet long which holds twenty thousand bushels. The corn is kept quite Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Myrick, Herbert, b. 1860. New York ; Chicago : Orange Judd Company
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