The Hillsborough recorder., 1846-04-16
Com Co.'s as Food for cattIe


Mhea il 10 Teeollselrd how many hun
drrds and thousands of bushels rf eurn I
cubs are annually lhr0xn away nT sssls- /
fully used as larl. n becomes matter 0f
deep ihleresi "a every eorn-gruser 10
know the degree nl value IA which this /
ofial Of tie ilr,R may be Fnlllrd 10 be
sunsilrred a. { od Tor carle.
do ezra e0bs pusses propsrslss Of nu-
traian! II ~. ar those properties suf- 1
6:Ienlly concentrated lD render them safe .
aud rlIicirhI f,,oJ! These questions are
important. snI particularly so in lhoss
years whrn there may be a sssreiiy of
long feed. as hay. tops, aud f,disr--snd.
fortunately for The solution Of Ihrse ques-
unns, more accurate iesI--a nicely con- I
daeicd experiment - was made many
years since. by r. Min"E. Esq. Of RIdg-
way. Va, aud communicated al tie inns
10 the Agricultural S"eieIy OF Alhsma le
Counly Of that State. Ills experiment!
wn conducted BY dlslillaIion, pEobsbiy
ts sures. way NJ TESTING the degree Of
nulriment, and The result of Ihis eIprri- |
menI is enudcd 10 the more CONFEDERATION,
as Il wss undertaken al the rrquesl Of .
member Of The society, with the express
object of determining dls relative pro-
portions Of nulrtllse matter iu the grain |
and cob, Of Indian corn.
Mr. Minor SAYS the experiment. vs,
carried on under The eve Of an experien.
csd and Intelligent di.sIller, aud was n
follows;
Ten bushels Of corn and cob gsound
together we're taken. which weIghed 367
lbs; and ten bushels Of pure corn meal
were taken. which seighed 400 pounds.
They were both brewed. or mashed on
the same day, and disIilled separately,
with great care and accuracy. The pro-
duct Of the pure corn was eighteen gal
lons. and the product Of the mixture, or
corn and cob, was 10 gallons Of spirit.
-v.s.. &c the same degree Oi proof.
Now. /, is generally agreed that the cob
constitutes one half Of the bulk Of the
corn--in olhrr words, we give Two inca.
sures in the ears for one shelled; and
The cobs a,e either used as fuel, or thrown
away, as Of no value. Ii this is true, the
prujuc, uf the mixture then should have
been only nine gallons. or the half 81
what the pure corn produced. But thir
teen gallons were ob,a;nsd, four Of hch
must have been exacted from Tie cobs I;
or, il we estimate nuiritive power by the
quantity Of spirit, then it 70 clear, that
when we shell ten bushels 0f corn and
throw away the cob, we throw away a
portion Of the food equal TO the diIierenre
between nine aud l3 or nearlv one-half.
Thi, experiment Of Mr.. Minors, as
accurately and nicely as il was conducted,
does not settle tho question, as TO liow
much nulriment the cab conlalns--and
II only settles tia, Of how much sp;rlt
they will n.ake-aud what their relative
value is f"r The production Of spirit, CON-
pared with the grain. IL proves that
while ten bushels Of meal from the grain
made IS gallon. Of spirit. the same q"an.
tiy Of meal made from cobs and grain,
made 10 gallons--and Of course, that the
5 bushels II cobs yielded 4 gallons OF spI
rii.
Besides the principle Of alcohol found
in all grain and most vegetables, there are
other substances. or principles in all, pos
sessing nutriiive properties among these,
may be enumerated the saccllarIne and
oieaginous priaciples--of Infinite value,
not only in the suslenance ot the animal
system, by The elaboration Of carbon, hui
in the production Of fat. Aud besides
these. there are other principles which
contribute 10 the formation OF flesh, mus
Gle and bones.
Without reference to the chemical a
nalysis Of the corn cob, (of which we arr
not aware that one .has been made,) w
take it for granted. that as il contains four
ninths as much spirit as does tue gram
that its elements bear proporlionate re
lation. But we are no, left to CONJECTURE
as % ito value because the experience
every ore who may have lived in th'
ncighborhood of disliRcry, will hav
taught him that the residuum,. after III
spirit |, extracted from the grain, fam il
iarly called dlstiler's slop, is used advan
tageously in the ialhing of SWINE. am
tha, when fed to milch cows, i 10 eml
nen,ly conducive 10 The secretion of milk
and in connection with fodder or hay
never fails to keep them in good heart an
condition.
But to return to the corn cobs. W
have already shown that so far as splr
is concerned. that they yield nearly I;
much as the grain itself, aud we think tn
inference a fair oae, that if they wer
reduced to meal, Submitted to some cool
10 ~rno... .rd iprnroorsted with ehor