The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-24
TOPICS F0R THE FARM.

TOPICS FOR THE FARM.
Curing Fodder Corn.-The main OBJ
ject in raising fodder corn is to suppIya
green feed which shall bridge over tie dry
time between grass and haysand furnish
in August and September substitute
for the sweet grasses of June and July;
but as no farmer sows fodder corn on good
land without ihvling the yield more tAaris
he expected, and as he general llS>fefas
less ofsitgreen than he ought4fpsap1 ~
frost ruins it, it becomes imp@tlpt that
heSshould know the best way 10 cure and
| preserve what he has left after his cows,
hogs and horses havc disposed of all theys
can, green, forsthe best and easiest waysis
hard eno6gfA Indeed, the Gfieulty
which al Sho attempt it experfence in
curih gf0dder corn in thc CHIEF objection
| 70 raising it largely. .f6rwinter Use. It.is
hsoegreen and pirx when cut, and sthe
tfall days furpfsh 20 little heat and gun
shine thas II isnext to impossible To dry
it spreAdiug.~ The first method (which
occtlrs 70 a farmer nattffxlly isto bundle
iand Shock it; butsvlisre 1T grows rank
fand tender, as Is ifsuatfy the case. it, is
impossible to stand>it up in shocks so it
will resist the force of the wind and bear
its own weight. The shocks either blow
over or "cropple" down, letting in the
dew or rain better plan,-w think,
however, is to procure some stout poles
and lay them upon some crotched stakes
set in the ground, so the poles will be
about four fcek fromathcsgr0an,da Mhen
you cut ~ 1Qm kQfnS bind il thlfma1l
bundlessHd saste} thein On the. ca
so they will balancc. Lay the bundles
close together, but cply' One deep; thus
suspended they willuKilt, in. day or two,
decrease very much IN size, and hang
upon the poles like bnhlles of ropes /;
then they can b pQxhed tggether 50 as
to occupy much L. space, the empty
space filled, and a adcQnd tier or LAYER Of
green corn be hung upon that which has
wilted. In this ways little by little, yosl
can build up a sort u . stack which will
shed rain, and still slI0w TIE wind to cir
/ culate through ii. When the corn is
dried sufficiently ii can be transferred to
the barn. OF course if one has an
!. abundance of barn room, corn can be
! hayed with less work by spreading II ii
the barn as soon as il is Vilted; but fol
the majority of farmers We believe this
pole treatment to be the best, far pref
cradle to shocking or spreading on the
ground. If any Of our readers know Of
: a better way we should be pleased to
) hear from them. -Neqo BEDFORD Standard
Raising Horses It IS often said thai
it does not pay for farmers to raise this
or that breed Of horses, but this is true
. only in limited sense. The besl
specimens of any strain orstyle of horses
. sell rapidly, at good prices, and the poo
ones of all breeds are drugs upon the
, market. 1t is no doubt true that h nlutl
greater measure of success may be ex
pected with some breeds than others, tn,
choice depending largely upon the cir
cumstances of the farmer, his location
etc, and that, as general rule, ordinar.
farmers can not compete with wealth,
, professional breeders in producing horse
: for racingpurposes, either runners or trot
! ters; bplt even in these classes much vii
! depend upon the location and the sort o
! brood mares the farmer may have upol
his farm. If he is situated in regiol
4 u famous for producing turf horses, on
J. that is frequented by buyers of sue
. horses, where he can have access to first
class stations, and his brood mares ar
= of strains of blood noted for producin
4 winners, he will certainly find it mos
= profitable to breed for horses of thi
q class. Where these conditions do no
f exist, he will usually find thesurest prof
v in breeding heavy draft or stylish cal
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