242 CORN CROPS 



Cost per bushel of picking and husking corn 



CENTS 



By hand from field, 3.5 



Team for cribbing 1 ■ 



By hand from shock 5.3 



Team for cribbing 79 



By corn picker from field 4.1 



By huskers and sliredder from shock . . 4.5 



The relative cost of methods will differ, depending prin- 

 cipally upon the price of labor. 



Storing ears 



172. The ears are usually stored in slatted cribs to 

 provide ventilation. If a good roof is provided, there is 



Fig. 84. — A good tj'pe of farm corn crib, and farm elevator used in 

 unloading. 



seldom loss from rotting in the crib. Rats and mice 

 cause considerable loss where corn is stored for several 

 months or more and it is important to have cribs rodent 



