The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-08-28
rsom the American FTme.'s Magazine,
Method Of using A Corn Crop.

Method OF using q VoIh S'oP
The nan who viii set the example
Of raising one hundred. or even eighty
bushels OF frs, quality Of corn on an
acre; which before produced thirty
bushels only, OF a very inferior quail
~. ana who can and will instruct his
ne,gnbor how to follow his example,
il great public bcneiactor.
BIT when the crop is grown. the
oblect is hut in part attained. Ihere
a as much economy, and IA much
skill to be employed in securing and
apptopriatng "a crop OF corn 10 me
nee Tor which il is designed, rs III
growing il.
Take farmer. in an nnkiGdly ell
mate, on hard soil. vito by stubborn
industry, raises forty bushels OF corn
IN an acre, knowing what it has cost
linn, saves 1T the proper time every
part OF it. preserves the fodder Tor
winter use, hu-ks the corn, lays II mp
dry and sound until tie next year.
then from September LIST to January
yrinds il fine and feeds il TO hogs 80
skillMliy as to make from twenty TO
twenty five pounds OF solid pork Tor
each busliel OF corn, has his COW eat
mp all the fodder the equivalent Of
a ton OF good lay Now take anoth-
or farmer in the Miami valley. lie
will with less labor get crop he est
mates at eighty hushcls an acre, with
an ample supply o; weeds mingled
with il. About the middle OF Sep
fember he turns the hogs or steers Tor
tattening into it, and in thirty days as
much is trampled doxn, eaten and
wasted, as would in the hands OF the
other man have kept tie stock sixty
or seventy days much Better. Which
is aheadl In the way il is ted the alb.
domen is distended. q large part OF
the food ia carried of in wa.ery dis
charges, and the farmer gets ten, and
perhaps twelve pounds OF shipper ;
soft meat, for a hushei OF corn. and
the fodder is all lost. AS the season
advances. ..and the corn ripens, the
waste is not so great. but taking the
season through, the difference between
feeding new corn. however carefully,
and grinding and feeding skiliuliy,
sound old corn, to cattle or hogs, will
lie very nearly or quite one-half IN
product of meat in quantity. and a.
considerable appreciation in quality.
Again. if when you have Your corn a.
year old yon grind it fine and feed il
three times day. you will ind that
eight bushels Of corn will make more
beef or pork than ten bushels led
whole. Here ! am at home, having
tested it more than once when ! did
all the mixing and feeding myself and
know it was we'll conducted. Fed
whole to cattle or, hogs, more or less
OF the corn will terminate after it is
voided. 1t is swallowed whole and
not digested. Something doubtless
might be gained by..boilng the corn
soft, feeding when cold, and giving
the water Tor drink. But this would
be but poor substitute for grinding
Some grind and ieeG corn and cobs al
together. For cattle this may do well.
Keeping the bowels loose in the alb.
sence Of green food. The abdomen OF
the hog has not sufficient capacity to.
be filled with such unnutritious mate
rial. and besides his health is best pro.
NOTED by adding little salt to his
food once a week and occasionally a
little sulphur, especially if he shows
any disposition to.neglect his food
Great care should be taken with the
hog. especially not to over-feed with
solid food. The stomach once clogged.
becomes dyspep:ic, and the hog never
tbrives aiterward For hog even a
year old, ten bushels OF corn meal.
less the miller's toll, is ample iced for
four months, from September 1st to
January. Two quarts day divided
into tonr mesaes. is enough to begin
with. 1t may be gradually increased
after twenty days. The hog shoulc
have dry ROO, dry and well litter
ed straw bed, (tbe ground it dry is
preferable to floor), plenty OF drink
ing water, running water it practic-
ohlo and room, fnr ayaraisa With