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Show H DEVICE F& SMOCKING CORN H "When corn Is to bo shocked in the H Tlcld, it should bo thoroughly ripo bc- h fore being cut, as too early gutting H ' affects both the yield and the quality H of tho grain. H "Tho shuck on the cars should be H turning yellow, If not already dry: the H lattor Is preferable, even If the lower H blades are overripe. H "A frame should be provided for H shocking the corn, which may be con- H structed as follows: Nail two pieces H of onc-by-six-lnch material five feet H long to one end of a two-by-threc-inch H scantling ten feet long. Bore ap inch H hole three or four feet from the end H of tho scantling to which the legs have H been nailed, and Insert an iron rod H or something similar. Let tho free H end of the scantling rest on the H ground; tho other end Is, of courso. H supported by tho ono-by-slx. piece, H "With tho iron rod thrust through the Hj liole, the device is ready for use. H "The corn is placed in tho four right Hj angles formed by tho scantlings and H the iron rod, four or five or six bundles H being placed in each of these corners H with tho butts set woll out at tho H bottom. "Caro should bn taken to H avoid selling the bundles too straight H and to sco that tho corn is evenly djs- H tributcd throughout the shock. H "A littlo ncgligcnco right he.ro will H keep ono busy resetting tho shock. H The other extreme Is to bo guarded H ' against also, as tho contents of the H 5hock will damage more or less unless 1 tho worlds done so as to turn off the H "Too much care cannot be exorcised H in shocking tho corn; a Utile slovonly H work in this operation will ruin the H product, even If all tho other con- H dltlons for a good article arc met. H "Failure at this point, more than M anything else. Is responsible, for the H lrejudlco against this mcthqd of H handling tho corn crop. If the stalks H are wet and moldy, the resulting pro- H ilucl will he disappointing, regardless H of the care which has been exercised H in tho previous and subsequent Jiaijd- H ling pf tho crop." fl i Don't permit the strawberries to H go into winter quarters Illled' with H weeds or grass. H The candying of honey Is one of the H best proofs of Its purity, for adultcr- H atcd honey will not granulate. H The total production of honey In tho B United. Flutes is approximately G2 mll- H Hon pounds per annum and its value ib" H i-omclbing more than 5 million dollars, B pick out tho young ducks nnd H drakes i,V- grow and dovylop fuMeat H iiud that attain good si.e, for nex, fl yi'stsrin's breeders. Some ducks vlll be fl heavier at eight weeks than othors aro H at tci and arc thc-rcfon. more profit-1 H ' Hi |