The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-08-21
Food for Animals.

Food for Animals: -
One vast source of food for farm
animals is an entire loss, to the
vast portions Of the South, a part
Of Virginia and Tennessee being
the only exceptiens-we allude to
the corn stalk. @:
+ AS invariably practised in the
South the stalk is left Ito dry and
rot or. to be burned when dry in
the field. In the North the stalk
| is cut down while the. blades are
green and put up in shocks in the
field, being supported by some few
stalks not cut, the tops brought
together and tied, the cut corn
stood MP all around and when a
shock is completed tied thus, there
;! to cure, and when corn is dry it is
shusked, nor as we callit, 'shueked,'
-hauledinto- the house and the
stalks, also,- the latter passed
throug a cutting box, steamed
and fed to stock. Those who have
bestowed attention to the matter
know that more -four is made
from wheat cut when the grain is
in the dough state before ripe,
when the milk of grain has ma
tured into firmness just to a dough,
MASKING by thumb and finger,
than if the grain be permitted to
fripen In the field. :, At the same.
time: stalk and blade has nutritive
matter where, as when fully ripe,
this putritiVe matter is used up in
forming the woody matter. Of the
stem. :. All grain for feding should
be cut ten or fifteen days before
maturity, because all the food CIV
ing principles is there and the in
digestible woody fbres has not
been made at the expense of2the.
sugar and gum in the plant; of
course, if there@be> woody matter
largely found in the corn stalk,
there was largely of sugar and,
gum 10 make this, and it has been
made to the loss of the: principles
which are advantageous. as food:
Many think the corn will shrivel
up and there will be a great loss,
+ We know not how it viii doEinr the,
South but we have seen hundreds:
and hundreds Of acres cut down'at
the North and we have mo doubt,
that all corn on thriving farms is
( so done: = & =. )
+ IF eatsbe, cut ~ten days before
ripewe know the stalk will all be
eaten if cut up, erbetter threshed
and cut up, q little meal and salt
water added. If there be-. nutri-,
tion in the stalk Of oats why not
in the stalk of corn? There is no
F'doubt of the fact. that for feeding
purposes, If small grain be cut at,
Ia proper time, ten Or fifteen, days
before ripe, that they are greatly
superior feeding and we cannot
see why corn. is an exception:
Corn is but the-mamoth grass ;,an
grasses, we believe, give more nu-'
tritiye, matter if, cut before. ripe.
Why should corn be an exception ?,
Our fathers knew great deal and
they are worthy of Imitation, in
all that is right at least but they,
may not have: known everything,
and we should improve on what
|. they have bequeathed us: -
- Wehave a firm faith that in
ten years we, of, the South, will
be on the highway of prosperity,
and in twenty-five years or less,
the South will again xbe tho com
trolling spirit in the extended, ma
ton, or whatever is the proper
name. Nation it is now, but we
hope ere long it will be once more
republic. We would therefore
urge our fellows to begin to hus-
band every resource, and call into
our aid every Improvement and
fail not to take into count the
small grains. If the corn crop can
be made, as we hope and believe,
entirely available, this grain alone
will be a net income equal to all
State expenses,-SoutAern Rural-
ist.