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machine invented which husks, threshes, winnows, and bags the corn at once, 
but these are not in general use on farms. Objections to their use are three- 
fold: The first is, that as the cob is thrown in unhusked it is impossible to 
know whether it is mouldy or otherwise damaged; secondly, small cobs are 
not perfectly cleaned; and lastly, as there is no regulator attached to the 
machine, it can only take cobs of a certain size, and very large cobs jam in 
the feeder. The winnowing is done with an ordinary sieve. In order to get 
a uniform grain, it is well to break off the extreme top of the cob before 
threshing, as this contains only small grains, mostly ill-formed. 
The threshed grain should now remain as long as possible in an airy barn 
before bagging, so that it may become thoroughly dry. If it be at all damp it 
will heat in the bags, turn black, and become unsaleable. When bagged, 
each bag should contain about 4 bushels of 56 1b. each. 
When the crop is off, the cornstalks (if they have not been treated in the 
manner described and shown experimentally by Professor Shelton at the 
Gatton Agricultural College—i.c., stooked after being cut, without pulling the 
cobs) must be cut down with the hoe, forked together, and heaped up against 
the logs which may have been left after the burn-off, and set fire to. Very 
little of the logs will be left after this. At the same time this is a wasteful ~ 
procedure. 
Another crop can now at once be put in; in fact, I have more than once 
sown the second crop before the first was pulled—in between the rows. ‘This, 
of course, was in the warm coast districts. The second crop will come off before 
the frosts of winter, which generally occur from June to August. This year 
I put in a little corn as an experiment at the end of December, and a second 
lot at the end of March. The first ripened in April, and the second lot is now 
(June 80) in cob. ; 
The second crop will probably require some hoeing, as weeds will now 
have begun to assert themselves. A light clipping hoe should be used for the 
purpose, but when the soil is stony a stronger tool is required. Some of the 
richest scrub lands are covered with surface stones, which give trouble,im 
cultivation at first, but they are easily removed. 
In my next paper I shall deal with the cultivation of crops other than 
maize, and with the removal of the formidable array of stumps. 
