Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-10-11
novto Use Corn Fodder.

How % lse Oofh EouetI'
The usual method Of feeding corn co..
Ter has been hitherto a very uasieiul one
hourh its non generally recognized val
ne a. an article Of feed has TO some ez-
tent brougbta about ch'nge 10 this respect.
Yetit Is aill true that - larger poriion
Of The e5u.s.alks produced Is wasted So
farssiis feeding properties are concerned.
II is the common practice to thTos cut in'
to the barn.yarj to the cattle 3 quality Of
stalks. sometimes net even unbound and
allow them to eat what they can aud de-
stroy the rest. In the lighting and tram
ping done BY cattle under such eireuu'-
stances, the greater part OF the fodder 's
unccBsumed aud becomes trampled down
in the mire and snow, q tangled mass Of
tough. unbroken stalks. There they re-
main. until il Is necessary in the spring
either TO cart them out 10 the fields, or 10
turn them over IN the cnlcavor to get thcm
rottcd. In the one case, they are useless
as manure, and a very great impeachment
to the plow or harrow, and even to the
moving machine, for they often remain
on the surface undeeomposcd until the
hay crop comes round again. In the 9TH
crease, much labor is necessary TO get
them rotled, and the tearing Of mass OF
them apart and turning them, is certainly
the most severe labor tue farmer is called
upon to perform.
Now, with a rational mode of using
them, all this trouble aud annoyance eau
be avoided, aud their whole value as tod
der be made available. Ifa farmer owns
but one horse and COW, he can save money
by procuring folder.cutter, and cutting
up and feeding his coru-stalks. Where
few stock are kept, the copper-strip iod'
der-cutter, of small size, aud costing about
ten dollars or thereabCuts, is sufficient
With numerous stock, larger machine
run BIZ horse power, aud eostiCng $50 tC
SO. would be needed. Provided thus
the farmer should cut up the whole Of biz
stalks. They contain, when properly bar
vested and housed, much untricious mat
ter, and in our experience We nave ioun,
no difference in the appearance OF on
stock, or their productive qualities, wheth
or fed on fodder or hay Cut up, wcite'
and sprinkled with meal Of corn, oats, 0
buckwheat, either singly or ground to
gether, with wheat or rye bran in equa
proportions with grain, at the rate OF on
quart to the bushel Of fodder, with hand
full Of salt, they make feed capable
keeping stock Of all kinds in good thriyin
condition throughout the winter. Til
quantity needed for one feed is one busf
81 Of this mixture to each fulI-grown an
nal (yearlings may be counted as two, an
spring calves as three, for one full.grown
Hogs will eat the fodder readily, and pou
try will pick out much Of the fuer shred.
On farms where heavy and fancy stoc
aro kept, Of course this feed would not B
sufficiently rich but we refer to the gel
crafty Of farms, where stock receive q
dinarily good fare A COW Or OK that ho
been used to winter in the shelter of
hay or straw stack, would improy
wonderfully on the fare here recommend
ed and stock that have been used TO n
ceiyo hay ad iiJitum would present be
ter appearance, especially in smoothne'
and mellowncss of skin, if fed on foddt
thus prepared. In the present conditio
of our farms, When we need to increas
as much as possible the amount of liv,
stock kept and fed through the winter, e.
cry means of economizing fodder is of va
ne. Here is one most important item
economy, and we are able to assert fro
experience that if corn fodder is used
the manner here described, two head
stock may be fed where before only Of
could bc.ZAmcrican Agriculturist.