The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-10-15
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Ont up your Corn,


From The Ohio Farmer
.. WRsrEaN + AaNNns.- Be suro, this year,
not TO Gail Of cutting up your corn before
frost To have done it last ycar, would
have saved tens Of thousands Of dollars,
81 not hundreds Of thousands, in the West
For general thing, you could always
make it pro6lable--but more particularly
in ssasobs Ike Che last and this You
win elways get moro weight Of grain, and
better quality. if the cutting be done OF
the proper time. than 10 leave IL uncut.
AMI II you make good uso Of the fodder,
the two gains win more than repay for the
extra work. even in the most favorable
seasons for other treatment.
This has been demonstrated. The facts
we're pubished. some years since, think
in tho Albany Cultivator. A reliable far
mer, IN the State Of New York Il my
memory be correct as to the place, took
an even field Of corn, and at the proper
stage cut up another third; leaving Che
last third to ripen untouched. The fg-
urss showed tao greatest weight Of grain
where II was cut up tho least whore H.
was topped. the other ranging, / think,
nearer 70 the latter than to the former.--
The difference was considerable In favor
Of cutting up.
Topping Is certainly the worst Of all
treatment In general it lessons grain,
and often II wastes fodder. As compared
with cutting up it is always a waste OF fod-
der, ss well af Of grain.
The proper time or stage for cutting, is
10 be judged Of aud determined on by OBJ
servahon and experience. Be sure al-
ways, il possible, to cut before severe
frost When the frost viii permit, leave
ell the principal parts Of the stems will
receive no further nourishmont from tho
ground. Az this stage the grain will bo
Of full length and size on the cob; aud all
that can be done moro for Il viii be better
done from the stems standing together
in the shock, mutually protected, than
standing out singly, exposed and wastod
10 The absorbing winds and sun.
As soon as the ears are iit to crib, husk;
and stack the fodder A good way to
stack is 10 build an extended pile Of two
lengths Of stalks. Throw down, parallel,
three or moro poles or rails, extending
them tho distance YOU would make the
length Of your staok-thoir breadth or
distance apart 10 be suited to the length
Of your stalks. Build by tapping the
tops in the oentro-keeping tho centre
sufficiently elevated 10 turn the water of
each way.
II the elevation cannot be made enough
BY the lappng, without narrowing the
pile too ,auoh, run a course through the
centre, now and then, the other way 49,
Or the centre may be elevated by other
means at the start, When che pile is,fu-
ished. The slope each way from the centre
should be equal TO that Of common roofing
Better If the angle approach to forty.fye
degrees. IL will do very we'll with less.
Carry the pile to the height you think il
will stand in the heaviest winds Il will
have 20 encounter Otherwise suit the
height 10 your convenience In building
lfyoh have not had observation or OK.
perieuce, you will 6nd the fodder a better
presorvor than you anticipated Well
preserved and judiciously fed, II is botter
than hay for horses and milch cows. Try
1t. o. s. MURRAY.
Twenty Mile Stand, Warren Co.. o.
Sept, l3' 1859. IH
p. S. An old scytho will make two good
instruments to cut with. Let a black
smith out II in two, aud draw out shanks,
on which put convenient handles.