The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-10-16
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Fro:a he Ansrea4 fsm,r.
THE VALUE OF CORN cons As FOOD
FOR CATTLE.

fro:a he American fsn,r.
yHE VALUE OF CORN cons As ROOD
FOR CATTLE.
When Il is recollecied how MANY hun
drrds and thousands Of bushels Of corn
ssbs are annually ihfown away, or vast
fully used a fuel. IL becomes matter of
. deep interest 10 every corn grower TO-
: know the degree Of value 10 which this
oHal of the farm may be entitled 10 be
considered a. food Tor canle. Does corn
cots possess properties Of nutrition! m
so, are those properties sufficiently con-
eeu,rsled 10 render them safe and efficient
food! Thee questions are important; and
particularly 30 in those years when there
may be q scarcity Of long feed. as hay,
tops, and fiddler, and fortunately for The
solution Of these questions. most accu-
rate iest-s nicely conducted experiment
was made many years since by p.
Miner. esq, of Ridgway, Virginia. and
communicated Al the time 10 the Agricul-
iural Society Of Albermale county of that
state. His experiment was conducted
b. distillation, probably The sures. way
Of testing the degree Of nutriment contain
ed in The substance submitted 10 the test
of experiment. is entitled to the more con-
sideraiion. as il was undertaken at The re-
quest Of member Of the Society, with
the express object Of determining the re-
,,.a,ive proportions Of nulrilive matter in
the grain and cObs Of the Indian corn.
Mr.. Miner says The experiment was
carried on under The eye Of an experience
ed aud intelligent. aisiiller. and was as fol-
lows
Pen bushels Of the corn and cob ground
together were taken, which weighed 367
lbs., and 10 bushels Of pure corn meal
were taken. v hich weighed 400 LBS. They
were both brewed or mashed on the same
day and distilled separately, with great
accuracy. The produci Of the pure corn
sss IS gallons. and ihe product Of the
MIXTURE. OF corn and COO yss ID gallons
of spirit, each of the same degree Of proof.
Now il is generally agreed Thai The cob
constitutes about one-half Of the bulk Of
corp-in other words, we give two mea,
sures in the ears for one shelled. and the
cobs are either used as fuel, or thrown
away as of no value. lf this were true,
the producs of The mixture then should
have been only 0 gallons, which is The
half Of what the pure corn Produced. But
10 gallons were obtained. 4 Of which
must have been Of course, extracted from
Vie cobs; OF IL we estimate its nulriiiye
power By the quantity Of spirit, il is clear,
that whenever we shell 10 bushels Of corn.
and throw away the cobs, we throw away
q portion of food equal TO the difference
between 0 and 10. or nearly one half.
Mr.. Miner further remarks:
As IL relates 10 the respective weight
Of each. the difference in favor Of the mix
ture is still greater, the pure meal weighs
more than three pounds heavier in the
busilel. and | am inclined to think that
the product of the mixture would have
been greater if the experiment. had been
made earlier. il was made in March. The
distiller mentioned an important fact that
occurred in the process. He found that
The fermentation Of the mixture took place
much sooner, and wa. perfected a day OF
two earlier than the other: tha.it mashed
much easier and better than any thing be
he had tried before, and which he 40.
counted foe by supposing. that the par.
ticles Of the cob being lighter and coasel
than those Of the grain. when mixed TO
gether, prevented TOO close and heavy :
deposition of the mass at the bottom o.
his brewing tub.
This experiment Of Mr.. Miners, accu
ra,ely and nicely as il was conducted. doe
not settle the question as to how mucl
nuiriment the cobs contain--it only settle.
that, Of how much spirit they will make
and what is their relative value for the
production OF spirit when compared with
the grain. II proves that while 10 bush
els Of meal made from the grain made ID
gallons Of spiDit. The same quantity o
meal made from eobs and grain made l:
gallons, and, Of course, that the 5 bushels
Of cobs yielded 4 4 ions OF spirit. Besides
ths principle Of alcohol to be found in al
gfqia, and most vegetables. there are othe
substances. principles, ia all, possessing
nulritive proper,ies--among these. may
beenumerated the saccharine and oleagj
nous properties. Of infinite value, not on
ly in the susfenance Of the animal system
BY the elaboration of carbon, but in tn
production of Fat, as these are known 4
DO active agents in these particulars. Ant
besides these, there are other principle
which contribute TO the formation Of flesh
muscle and bones. Without felerenc
to the chemical analysis Of the corn-ccb
OF which we are not aware that one ha
been made, We take il Cor granted. that