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or band ; and in two or three days it is 

 ready to carry. 



1 he usual method of preserving them 

 for the winter is to make what is termed 

 a fodder-house, by setting up long -grained 

 posts, and laying a rail upon the top ; then 

 placing other rails on the ground, leaning 

 against what may be termed the ridge-tree ; 

 they then lay the tops on like thatch, and 

 the blades are stored within the house. 



The husks are put into the house after 

 the corn is gathered and husked, and given 

 in the winter to the cattle. 



The white corn generally hangs on until 

 frosty weather, as it takes a great deal of 

 curing or hardening, having a very thick 

 husk and a large cobb. One leaf hangs 

 over another, and the ear hangs downward, 

 and would not take harm all the winter, 

 were not the ear to drop off the stalk. It is 

 generally gathered in frosty weather, and 

 sometimes when snow is on the ground* 

 One reason maybe, that it does less injury to. 



