Show War warehouse eliouse board sealers rule on handling corn due to the high percentage of moisture contained in the corn la in some sections the iowa department of a agriculture grI culture recently made a ruling that no corn will N III be sealed by the warehouse board sealers which Is a greater distance than four feet from a slatted side of a crib or a suitable ventilator As a general rule it Is held that any crib which Is more than eight feet wide and in which the corn Is more than eight feet deep should have a ventilator unless the corn happens to be extremely dry strings of sly inch tile laid every two or three feet crosswise of the corn crib will furnish satisfactory ventilation entila tion in some cases vertical ventilators rs somewhat resembling chimneys carl can be constructed with two by fours about a foot apart each way WV and connected with one by three slabs these vertical shafts are sometimes connected up with horizontal strings of tile in addition to equipping flie the crib with rs salting also will lie he of considerable help in preventing mold la in corn which Iti cli contains 30 per cent moisture at cribbing time fline one pound of salt tor for each hundred undred li bushels ot of corn Is the common proportion to use two pounds of salt for a 8 bundled bushels is still more effective I 1 but ut such a heavy application of salt gait Is not wise when hen the corn Is to be fed to live stock salting in incidentally should always be used in conre connection tion with the ventilating in devie device wallaces farmer |