Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-02-07
2gritnItural.


great deal has been sali pro ard COZ.
thioagh the agricultural paptIs ia reefcnc, to
the value OF oorn aud con t4sdl. A corresponds
eht OF tho Hsslera Rurat gyas Ene foliow.ak
AZ bis experience. lie GAINS to have been 10
'ht milllog buslDess iOf several years and ~ by
well pOsted On the merits OF suoh feed.
"Corn cobs are Nil right ~ their place Taey
were designed by wIso Providence as a sup
port Tor tne kernel while maturing but L.
grind aud compel animals to cat substance
Containing MY seven per cent OF nutrlment.
must, soSner or later, become unpopular, if D.
" not 40 already. ! am suTe THAI ere lopz
'Very meroiiui man Will abandon the uss gt
cobs AZ lOod for animals. The article YOU cor
led itom the Utica HeyaH is IN my opinion. an
able one. AN willing to endorse eYery WORD
OF It.
Allow me to give yoa little N NV e2per
eDc1 for the .ast fourteen Years on uupG,ug
corn on the COB. la The fall oi 1850 the Vs.,
placed IN the griss mil Of j. Crowtll, Eg..5t
Ems Wlllge, corn crushef for the PURPOSE Of
crushing the corn IN the ear be51re eripdlug
Inc whole farming community, with very
IL" exceptions, rrJHced that they had a corn
efu'het ia thsr midst. They thought IL was
just see thing they wanted. Ia November.
io1o, W. Sc. a." the thing gong, anu "a ten
m'Al1bs alter W. had crushed ana ground 49,
VVo bushels OF corn ~ tho ear ono farmer
iHing about mls rom tao village, had, tho
hrsI inter-, upwards vi 500 bushels ground 10
lSed breaking UP team oi SIX yoke 81 oxen.
ana h' them Tor spring work Bat instead OF
'neFe beng good breaking-up team iu the
spring OF 1850, the gentleman told me himself
thAI II broke up bis seam. lJg alter pluwinr
al hour or two Ia he HOrnjug thoy appeared
70 become weak and exhausted. The c3nsa-
quence vas that 6reaaiug W msitod away Ike
sn0" Before aa Aprli suL. Tne i,rmer bacaluo
e4Gsi,d thar corn cola rere not the thing
SINE 1850 the gindlng oil corn III the eob has
oscome unpopular IA ms section oi the oouu.
try so much 80 that bu. very httie is ground
Allow me 20 give "a account of an expert
menI which trlsi with corn ground ub m tha
ear ID the tall Of 1850. two pigs which
raised IN I'M spr!ns OF the above year, wcie ist
through the summer on milk and m!.i Iced, ard
Kept IN tho pen. But as o,fn on tho cob d.
came popular that Ial, | ground up Jhroe
bushels quite fine | Commenced cooking Il 10
small Quantities, Paw SiK quarts per day, ana
took care not 20 issd thom ~ much At 6 tine.
For lew days they seemed to relish it, blt
O-lOre tbs three bushels we're cooked and fed
could see that corn cobs, cooked or IL evoked.
were not " the thing 10. iatteniug hogs 1
tried II 10 my satisfaction. There seems TO IL
something about corn COBB after they are ground
and taken into the stemachs OF ssiue. ihat
causes an irritation o. iu1imtu0n ~ much 30
thor the animal becomes weak unable ~ s.auJ
OHt ieW moments at a time
Farmers, shell your corn, let It he r.aaaod up
beioro gnodius, have IL 0un1 fle, aud leel
TIC meal 10 yOur iAtteniug hogs 10 small qusn-
titles at fret. Let 1t be lei Dry, ia saptra,e
trough from tbs water. Keep away slIs~iH
Tor at least four weeks beio buteucilng town.
1--WE them what meal tIey viii css and leg
tner dunk be cle,u, colo walar. A htlio
ohrreoa aud salt N small quantities nov aud
inca ar very healthy lor hogs that are l,t.eu-
lhs. Follow 1hl', aud my word Tor ~ yoa wil
ave solder, heavier aud healthier pork tnau
though II was fod On corn eobs.