Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-30

GuIS DING CORN ON TuEcOR
Lombardy, Va.

GU DING CORN ON I'll COB.
Iha third volume %. The Memoirs OF the Paila
delph'a Society for Promoting Agriculture, con
tains an atliclc,
On Inc atlHy Of grinding Maize Indian Corn,
on the Coz as io0d 70, eoHtc, Nth q descviption Of
a mV fo' that purpose, By .Jmes lhass, ". ID.
fam n6tct ihc foUoctng are e~rt5acs
The practice of erlnulng Indian corn in the cob.
to powder, for the purpose Of horse food, is now
common with our German farming fellow citizens.
These INDUSTRIOUS mon are ever attentive TO the
health and general welfare oftheir firm seek, and
readily adopt any measure calculated TO promote
either Object and as they are convinced of the
nourtsh,ng qualities of the cob, and The economy of
the practice of using II as an ariiclc of food, hey
have tncol ragged the general erection Of the ncces
siry apparatus, IN the flour nj, Is, in then different
settlements.
The first npisre.-e v-ed "a no r"~re-. IS
grinding corn in the cob, was a screw Which was
| originally invented by Oliver Exams, OF Philade!-
pFHa. and TOW in general use TO break gypsum.
Mr. Evans first reduced il to practice, in the yenr
1890, but no measures having been taken to give
publicity to it, the knowledge Of ii was difTuscd very
grsduo lly through the country, and it even appears
that private offers for the erltuiious use Of i, we're
Intellectual (nntil after some years. IN causing q
tral Of what is now deemed an economical prac.
Iire % he frs, consequence.
Indlan corr, is Of uself too norrishing and too
heailns as il Consistent article OF food FOR horses, and
/. fed alone, . sufficient quantity cann,t be given
10 produce he stimulus Oh dis,ens,on, (Which is as
necessary 10 a working horse, u ever TO ii man, as
nruri rment) without great expense, and at the
ssnte time rndanserins the health of tire animal.
Com meal is therefore mixed with "A quantity of
| cut sraw, aud ooarstiy ground rye or shorts, md
~ this state constitutes the daily food If that fine
body of!rangh, horses that 10 so much credit 10 our
dreynfn and caiters o. Philadelphia, and the in
dustrious farmers of the State at large.
Tho powder of he corn cob, howcver, does not
act entirely by dis'enlion, it alsp contains mnch
nurimcnt, and | have hear of n poor woman in
Maryland, who prepared during he wirter a very
! grateful mess for her COW, boiling he bruised cobs
with which she was furnished 10y her wealthy
n,ighbors with this liquo. mixed with what other
vegetable matter she could procure, md a few corn
1ladcs, she supported her COW wall through he
winter and spring, until he return Of gr'ss.
lp,hc New Engllnt Farmer, vol. ~. r. l2G,
/ was Published an = Exirac, of a letter from he Rev.
II. e. Perley, ofNew RowIey, Mass. 10 he editor,
! tatng thr advantages accruing from corn and cobs
J graund together at he rate Of about one peck of
| co.,. TO a bushel Of cobs. d" Meal mode Of this
composition, l scalded, End made about as thick as
com'non has,y pudding or mixed about one peek
OF the mcal With 'hree pecks 1fbollcd potatoes thick
ened % the consistency Of pudding wtfh IN S kind
| offood,& VIVA, wash was made in the family, con-
stsnlly fed my s@ inc there were none IN the neigh
bo,hood crew 50 fast, and we're fit to kill so early IN
| autnmn. The neighhors were surprised that my
hogs looked so white and grew 80 we'll, being fed
as rhcy were with cob meal, potatoes and the wash
of four cows. Some rldleuled the notion Others
| disputed and disbelicved the account, but finally, I'll
were obliged to believe the fact, though 10th to Try
tho experiment.
81 have also made further disc very ofthe use OF
cob meal for other purposes besides feeding swine
and cattle.
" had one batch Of coarse brown bread made OF
II, round abou, hnif and half sifed as ususl, and
| the application OF the usual quantity OF frye meal
| The bread was as high coiorcd, as hight, as swee'
and as mois, as made Of pure indian and rye meal,
though | think il viii dry rather sooner,
A writer for the New England Farmer, vol. ~!
p 202, states as follows:
/ tatened 4 ho-s killed in December last, which
together weighed more than 1900 lbs. and were un-
commonly fine pork. They were fed entirely upon
cob meal, excepting 2 Or 3 weeks, when they were
kept unon oats and corn meal, but they did not ea'
the latter with a better relish nor fas'en fas
ter upon il than upon cob meal and that not scn'd.
| ed or boiled, by which it would have been greatly
imraoved this agrees with the experience OF my
| neighbors.
With respect to my horses, I give them nc
other proycndcr ,han cob meal mixed win SRA"