Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-03-28
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40. Son THEyAEuy or rns CONS OF CORN AS
FOOD FOR sTOCK.
lRead Nay 10, 1871
Ridgsway. May ist. 1919.
DEAR SiR More than twelve months ago
MAS CONVEX sing with our esteemed friend
aud worthy .ember john Patterson, upon the
value oGihe corn cobb ground mp with the
grain As foot tor stock He suggested the
idea of testing its nuirtiye sireugtl,b, the pro-
cess ot distliAtIO,i, which undertook to do
aud furnished Him with The result will a view
OF having II communicated to our society.
But lac misldid my letter previous TO his re-
mOval tTo4I Virginia and as The experiment
yaSvtry flaitrring, venture 10 detail il TO
ION Tor the Sorietl's informaiou--it was ear
lIed on under the eye of an experienced and
iuellIgenl disiiller, and was as follows
leu bushels of Tie corn aud cobb ground
together waSiakeu which ighed 367 lbs and
''U bushels OF pune CORR meal wasiaken " hicL
weighed 100 lbs. 'rhay were both Irewed or
mashed OH tie same day. and distilled sepa
ratciy with great care and accuracy The pro-
dHci OF the pure corn meal was Is yalous
ana the product or The mixture was - gallons
81 spirit, each OF the same degree of proof
Now it j. generally agreed that The cohb
constitutes above one half of the bulk of earn:
IN Other words, we give twu mt asures in ih,.
carr for ono >helled, aud the cnhbs are either
81 this wele trne- the product of the mixture
then should nave been only 0 gallons, which is
The halt OF what the pure corn produced Bui
Is were obtained, four of which must have
Dtee OF course extracted from the cobbs and
II we estimate its uutritive power Ly the
quantity OF spirit, il Is clear that Whenever we
shell ,en bushels OF corn aud throw away the
cohDs, W. InT0w away portion of food euoal
one halls.
Asst relates &c the respective weight each.
me dlieIchce ia favor OF the mixture is sill
greater ;ihe pure meal being IN, re tlau three
lOunds heavier in the bushsi aud am iuclin-
ed TO 'hink that the product would have been
greater II The experiment had been made
cafiier IN TIE year, before the cubbs had los,
much OF tn II substance By evapoI alton (Ny
e-permc%f Was made ia the month Of March
ne diStilier mehiIoHed az important fact that
occurred III the process He found that The
fermentation or the mixture took place mncI
e1oner duu was Perfected day or TWO earle,
ina" The other. HIS expression was. that il
fSdshcd easter and better than any thing lie had
ever TIED before, und which H. accounted for
by Supposiug that the PARTICLES OF the cobb
bsIrgiighter abdcohrSer ihau those Ofihe grain
hut mixed together prevented too close and
heavy Il deposition of The mass at the bottom
Of his brewing tub.
These facts particularly WORTHY the at.
tention OF distiletS, aud think arc perfectly
,saiistactory a. 10 the value of the corn cobbs
IN the production ut spirit. Whether they are
equally so. IN relation 10 their value as A food
as left To tile chemists 10 determine We are
aware that the Sacharine PARTICLES or those
yielding spiilt are not the only constituents OF
pouTiShHent. We know that oily and Hlucila-
EInous particles are also component and me-
cessary paris OF food. But wiiich prepOude-
rates, or III whdtPropertiUn to each other thew
are required to exist in order to constitute
healthy food, | do not pretend 10 know 4,
Is certain however that the two latter do exist
III some degree in the cObbs OF corn {: and since
the experience of all who have tried it con.
ours 10 reporting il 10 be the mast healthy
mode of feeding corn, perhaps IL win mot La
unfair to infer that they maintain dus pro-
portion 10 the spirit. II SO, the experiment.
must be satisfactory, aud the conclusion I
have drawn from il ,iudeniabie.
But besides the actual economy there IL
another advantage in this way of fcedin. corn
which ought TO engage tie attention Of every
farmer. ItiSnOtoriOusly true that The aneronuI
gIalE OF corn is heating 10 tue stomach of ali
animals. ahd OF difficult digestion, pr0durin.,
choIc s. other lnflAmnIatory disorders particn-
ldTly in horses, Which tend greatly to Sllorfen
ljer lives. They are deprived OF the beuefitv
derived from tie stimulus of dstenti1u $50 ne
cgssaIy 10 tue proper health of all anin,als( bv
Oe'us unable TO eat asnbicitUt bulk o produce
"a before they become gOrged. But when
ground into meal along with the COiDs, aud
mice With cut hay or straw OF any kind This
necessary disteniOn is produced yyitbodf ,iuy
danger OF disorders arising from eating too
D.Hcii - /; Is now years since have been ia
tie habit OF feeding corn ia thus way and ont
Oi sax 10 ten horses, which | have annually
kept in that time, there has been but one case
OfSickuess among them, which was a slight
choIic Indeed since 1 have lived GA this
county, which IA now eleven ,cays, there has
been bot one death amoug that description of
stock Oh my piantation, anGS Lat occurred 10
d mar ~ih young toai iG distant clover
field, without having been fed for many weeks
aud which took place two or three DAYS he
tore II was known. This uncommon health oF
my horses, attribute IN great degree to tue
use OF ground food.
Yours witb esteem and friendship.
p MINOR.
CgA. Cooke, Vicc President 5griepHurul
Society Abem0Ti6.
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