Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-01-12
GREEN CORNSTALkS FOR FODDER.

The last New England Farmer contains let
ter from Asa Nj Holt Of East Haddon, Connectl-
cut giving the result of experiment, which
should induce the farmers generally TO ADOPT
similar practice His experiment, which follows
was made two years ago, but he states, IN has m
,,od,c,o,v reunnrks. that he has been in the prnc
,ice of sowing corn broadcast, for the festlng OF
cattle in summer ,o,,
Erpe,iment. the fifteenth Of June, 1886,
about sixteen square rods of ground which mud
been we'll MANFRED, and well ploughed, were
sowp Broadcast with horsetooth corn, at the rate
Of four bushels Of seed to the acre. The seed was
then lightly ploughed in with a small horse plough
after which the ground was narrowed and rolled
On the tenth of August following, we began to
Gu, up the crop Of corns,a!ks which grow on the
above described ground. The crop which grew
from tho sixteen rods Of ground before-men''oneo
afforded forage for horse from the nineteentn OF
Angus: TO the Sth Of October, and also afforded
the principal part OF the iood iot co" '.um '"0
fifth Of September TO the eighth OF October
Making fifty days keeping for the horse ana
thirty three for the COW.
On the fifth of September, when this corn was
from five eight feet high, but had cared or 'as
selled out, the produce of one square rod was cut
I'D, and while green 1t weighed three hundreo anu
seyentv-6ve pounds. This was at the rate OF ~
inns To- the acre This three hundred and seven
five pounds, which was cut from one square
rod Of grim was dried and on the twcnty-seVenth
| of October, 1886, it weighed oIghty-slx POUNDS,
which i, at the rate Of - 500 pounds, or SIX and
nine tenths tuns TO the acre
An acre Of horse tooth corn, sowed IN this way
on good ground, would probably afford green for
age for thirty cows a month, or for eight horses
| tho same length Of time. And wo think such
crop of corn stalks far superior to any crop OF
guinea grass, or cow-cabbage, which we could
reasonably expect to grow IN this country. -
nroper to remark here, however, that in order to
make the horse active and streng for business, a
| little provendcr IS very useful
| While the horse was eating the cornstaiks as
aforementioned, he was allowed two quarts OF
sheIled corn per day, and with this allowance he
was moro active and strong for business than
when he had his two quarts of shelled corn, and
"a much good hay as ne would cat. l may add,
| that though cows eat me green coths'a'hs '"'
ciouslv for two or three days, II kept wholly on
the green stalks they are apt to get cloyed, and
afterward not to eat we'll. The stalks arc not
easily cured into good dry fodder.
The advantages Of sowing the horsetooth-corn,
instead of some of tho smaller sorts, are, the
horsetoo,h-corn being taller kind, makes n much
greater amount of fodder II is a later kind, and
therefore keeps green, and in fit condition TO be
foddcred out much longer, than the earlier sorts
There is a ccnsider abe difference IN the sweet
ness O. the stalks Of different kinds OF cora And
it might be worth the attention OF agricultural
philosophers, to make experiments TO decide, not
onlv which kind of cornstalks yields the greates'
number Of pounds to the acre, but also which
v,ads The greatest amount Of nourishment to the
acre.
For those who are apt to DO short for summer
pas,u lure, particularly in August and September
will not the cultivation Of patch OF hor"eto"th'
corn .owu broadcast be fou nd to be n matter Of
considerable practical importance!