, 1873-01-02
THE FIELD AND STABLE.
What Ai1Hll l5e NOEG with the Sur
p1sls OF Corn n1-.Escnlcdics Fog tlao 12i,i-
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What Sii1lll l5e Noae with tho Sur
pisls of Corn nl-.Escnlcdics Fog tlac Epi.
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From Our 0ru Correspondent.
MANHATTAN, Kan., Dec. 27.
WHAT SHALL De DONE WITH TUE SURPLUS OF
conn?
This Is question to be diacusood, according
to programme, by tho State Board OF Aericul~
turo Of Kansas At itB mooting to bo hold at To-
peka On tile Hocoud Wednesday OF January, 1873.
It is true, thtB question ngitates at present tho
mind Of great many farmers In Kansas, and,
probably, alao In other rnrta Of tho WoBt, for,
to o great many, tho aamo ia OF almost vital i'm
portanco. Corn is, and lRs beon 40 far, tho
staplo article Of product of Western agricul-
turo; and tho PRICE OF that ataplo article is ut
prosont 10 low III to compensate scarcely
for the labor connected with tH produc-
tion. What may bo tho reason thnt corn
is drug in tho market? Has tllo production Of
corn to DO discouraged or is thoro another ROM
edy7 III there really moro corn produced than
there is noodod, or 10 tho aurplus only asl ap-
parent QUO? It may DO that some channels,
through which r. pnrt Of tho aurplna might bo
disposed Of to tho advantage Of the producer,
have partially, or almost totally, bean closed by
u'wiso or allort-sghtca laws; but, aB this is
somewhat out OF tho Legitimate province Of "rho
Field and Stnblo," and, attor nil, OF only subor-
dtnato Importance, will not tnko it into my
further confederation, mud will restrict
myself to what I look upon ns
tho principal cauuo. II ono walks
or rides, in tho 1attor part OF winter, or in tho
fore part Of spring, over tho prairios Of Kanaas,
or other par.s Of tho West, ho cannot help be-
holding Thousands Of horses and Of cattle, but
oppocially OF tho latter, that, 10 all appearance,
consiat OF nothing hut hair, akin, and bones.
Last apriug, Thousands OF 1.-Two stock pershod
for want Of food and protection. This, Of
courso sounda atrango in q country in which tho
people do not know what to do with their corn,
or how to dispose Of it, and still it is IN undo-
niablo fact, which, probably, has caused
tho goograpllors to locato "Tho Great
boundaries OF Knnaas,-for upon stranger,
Buch eight IL wol Ah'e to Impress tho idea that
tho country must be poor aud dontituto Of nu-
tritious food. Why, then, would like to ask
Ia not the surplus Of corn fed to those poor,
suffering creatures who need 1t 10 much z Why
aro those auimala exposed to tho inclomoncios
Of wind and weather. and compelled to maintain
miserable oxiutonce by gathering their ecanty
food from tho witheroa herbago of tho bloah
prario Ia it moro profitable to a farmer to
soll Lie corn for almost nothing and TO lot his
farn-atook Btarve 10 that he lnny be ahlo to soll
thoir hides to tho tanner, and to manure hta land
with their bones or doas it pay botter To sell less
corn, but to obtain better price for that what
1o has to aoll, to Aayo bis live Btockin just as
good condtiuff at tho end OF the wlntor au ut The
| ond Of tho summer, and to fortilizo Lis land
with IN abundance Of barnyard manure? Nv
doing tho latter,-that is, by feeding sufficient
quantity Of corn to hia horaes, cattle, and hogs,
-ho not only will raiHo good and healthy stock,
TINT pays him much more for his corn than tho
grai1i-floalsr but he will also augment tho fertl
ity Of hiH aoll md increase the yield Of Ills aoroe
from year to year. Last wintor, q distinguished
| gontloman attempted to answor the aams ques-
| flon: "What to do with tho surplus OF ooru 7"
| In the 'Farmors' Institute hold in tho Kansas
| Agricultural Collage. lo wautca to import
Ioxns unttte to ont tho KanBns corn, and soeinod
! to ignore altogether tho oxiHtonce Of tho many
Thousands Of native farm atimals-oattle, horsos,
and hoga-which aro compolod oyery winter
to aubslat, principally or aolely,, on tio acanty
and innutritious food offorod BY tho frozen
fact thai native steer or holfor, for inatanoo IL
ablo to produce moro pounds Of boef off bushel
| Ut corll than Td1aa stoer, and outstanding
TINT uatiYD Etook commando muuh btrher lrtc0