The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-24
Value Of Fodder Corn.

The Department of agriculture has
lust issued Il statement presenting Il lon%
line of testimony from various sources
on the value of fodder corn rs Il supple
mentary feed or sOiling crop for milch
cow in summer. We present below the
conclusions deducted from the testimony
given:
|. Green corn-loddCr is neither worth
less nor the poorest OF all soiling mater
ial.
2. 1t is the best when planted in drills
or hills, not 50 thickly as to prevent nor
nal growth and development, cultivated
to destroy weeds and grasses, and cut
between tassclinS and caring, when the
elements elaborated for production OF
the ear arc stored in readiness for lmmc-
diatC use.
3. Its probable, both from the rdtton-
uIe Of the case and from facts presented
above, that in the more northern ATTITUDES
a mistake has often been made sowing
thickly Southern com which cannot
mature, the fodder from which fed in
August must DC very nearly worthless
On the contrary, the fodder from north
crn corn, especially sweet corn, drilled
and cultivated, and fed Just before caring,
is found to be very valuable.
T.. Its value, compared with l%uccrnc'
millCt, the best grasses, and other plants
containing u larger percentage OF nutrl'
mCnt, taking into consideration the guam
tity produced and the cost of its produc.
ton, has not been determined fully, and
should be decided by a series oitlOrougl
and exhaustive experiments.
1t is evident from all that i, conflict
ting in the opinion OF different feeders
that the differences are mainly due tt
the degree Of maturity or s%oundncSs o
the corn. That lromthick sowing, imma'
turc, colorlcaS and watcry, Is unit t.
place before the cows of any well rcgu
lated dairy. 1t is probable that hal
that is fed is either improperly cultivate,
or in 4 stage OF growth not productive
OF the highest results. If this should b'
the case, how stupid to condemn tn
maize for the Ignorance of the clltivator
Ifitis found to contain too little nutri
mcnt for its bulk, or too small amour
of the flesh forming element, the sug
gcstiOn found in the practice Of some, o
giving a small amount of more highly
concentrated nutrimcnt in connection
with corn fodder, Is cmincntly wise
This is Il deficiency easily rcmcdlcd
While corn is our national crop. less
i~astidiOus in the circumstances of it
growth than almost any other, and ca
pablo of yielding so largely under thu
provcrbial ncglcctwhich characterize
Onr culture, let not this fodder be dis
,n ,,ln1 ,Intn cn,hntItnn ni nrnutnr Irup
| teal value is found, the superiority o
which has been actually demonstrated
under local circumstances of soil, eli
mate and cultivation.
10 TRAM a lfoEsETo STAND--Tak,
your horse on the barn floor ant
throw n strap over his back and faster
it to his right fore foot lead hin
along and say whoa at the SAINT
time pull down the strap whicl
irows him on three feet and makes
him stop suddenly. This is the bcSI
way known to teach whoa, though
you can PIT o. the war bride, and
say whoa, and give him a sharp jerk
that will stop him about as soon as
the strap to his foot. Then put him
in harness with the foot strap, as di.
rcctcd to do under the head OF
"training TO harness. and drive him
up to the door. The moment he I'M
dcrtakcs 10 move, take his foot and
say whoa, Get in yoIr carriage and
get out again; rattle the thills, make
all the noise getting in and out you
can; give him to understand, by
snatchins his foot each time he
moves, that he must stand until you
tell him to &C and after n few times
you 4 put the whole family into
the carriage and he won't stir out of
his tracks -.lmCricaa Stock JOHTUoi.