The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-10-25
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
H. H. ROBINSON,
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
AGRICULTURAL.

CORN AND Con- -MRAL.-Corn and cob
mea as food for stock Is again being aqi-
tated. The Germantown Telegraph IN re-
ierring to this matter quotes from Profess
sor Mott OF Columbus, Ohio, who in prize
essay on the subject is III favor of its use,
claiming that "advantage and economy are
attained by iatcnlng aud feeding stock
with corn and cob-meal together"
we shall want the ensuing winter"
says the Telegraph, everything that can be-
converted into food for animals" and IL
hopes the question viii be satisfactorily
1lsposed OF before the cobs are used for
fuel.
We believe 10 has been proven from
chemical analysis that the cob has some lit
tie nutrition, aud some have strongly adj
VOcated It's use because cows will OCCASION
ally eat cobs when thrown before them.
we have seen stock nibble away Mt heap
OF shelled cobs, and at one time believed Il
would pay to grind them up for food, but
from considerable experience and obsrryn-
ton in feeding corn and cob-moal il is our
opinion the cob Is no benefit but on tho
contrary is positively injurious, when so
fed. II stock are sometimes seen eating
cobs II Is on account of perverted anne
tite, or because there are occasional krr-
nels of corn left on the cob, which some
times happens In careless shelling, espc-
cially on the small ends.
for iattening. and as feed for dairy stock
IN spring and never with satisfactory re-
SUITS. When corn and cob meal is fed to
swine it has been known to produce CON
stipation and death. and In n raw state IL
justly considered dangerous food for this
class of animals. We have never tried
steamng and cooking the meal for stock,
ahu possibly 1t might be used with safety
In this manner, but its nutritive value IL 50
small that the only benefit that can be de-
rived from Its use is as a divisor for extend
ing the stomach and rendering the food
less concentrated But even If this object
Is sought for, IL is preferable to use the
pure meal on cut hay or straw, bushel of
which may be cut much cheaper than the
cob can be ground. Another objection TO
its use Is that the cob being lighter than
the grain is not inclined to mix evenly. and
when considerable quantity is ground up
lt one time, II is difficult to get il evenly
distributed so that the quantity fed from
lay to day be alike. OF course, with
proper care and attention it could be evenly
mingled together, but often this Is neg
ectcd aud the animals in consequence are
fed with irregularity.
Some years ago the dairymcn of Uerki-
ner made an extensive use of corn and
'ob meal as spring feed for stock. and its
value was then thoroughly tested. Ii has
low been generally abandoned and will
not again be introduced by those who are
acquainted with its qualities and their el-
ect upon the stock.
We are In favor of using all the material
~ the farm that can be protitably con-
'erted into hcalthiu food for domestic
lnimals, but the amount Of nutrition in the
hlriten pounds of cob IN each bushrl oi
'orn Is not of sufficient yalne to warrant
Is use IN any way that has yet been pro-
Iosed. The bare act of grinding or crush
ng the cob adds nothing to its nutritiye
'alue: 1t is put in shape, it is true, when
mixed with meal, for cheating stock into
'ating It,; but it gives nothing to the flesh,
lotliing TO the milk, while it deranges the
digestive operations and health of the ami
nal such is the practical working and it
s useless to cheat ones self by ANALYSIS
md theories Into the belief that Il saving is
'eing made when in reality there is loss