Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-25
yyocalawn Agr;culIErai soc!ety.

their value, which be had prepared; aI'o lno
following CO ezra BIS. trtm he M'ntb'S jour
usl CT Agriculture
"A,d hero We take leave 10 project against
tho tempe. cviaced ty member ct thu. New
York Farmers Club, wien this quos lon OF
the value Of the c1bs Of Inci,u crl Was ra's2d
,hers Dot long sicoo. whereupcp be rene!kto,
si;h rcre hlppsucy than di:crsssior, thai the
hes; way to determine their value was to lhro"
At or @, The eraia aud tbe oobs to tbs hogs ftr
their dc; sion For enc, va fesl lndeb:cd TO
the author of the r!ob;sm TOR urging 1t on tie
sh cr:ion Of these whose Ir5ri1os Il 10 10 lliu:-
t,s,e al such qu:siors. know clever man
who tells me tnst 100 iba. of coro cola will give
as much whisky as 100 lbS. Of nota,oee.
"a bushe of cobs WEIGHS II lb,, ald. ct
coarse, the SEQ 000,0 900 ct bushels OF c)ru thst
will bo mado this year will te equal to about
s. coo toes Of cobs. We Eo| knoW cnoush
tor ell puraoset; the measure a:u weight OF
cob. fforl Tn scre CT corn tba. gives CERTAIN
ou,rity OF ersn A crop .! l0] bushels OF sheH-
ed corn gives AGO lbs weight Of COBB: sap.
poslpg, then. the estimate OF tUO millions OF
bushels for 1910 be correct land one crop OF corn
blade, alone would BIO 5 millions OF tons weight,
which at 60 mt. a hundrsd or STU ton; Wouio
amount TO $50 0OG CO. Hero. Their, We have IN
q single item cf agricultural produce not even
alluded 10 in cur national txhlbl; OF Inc sources
of cur wealth, An smouet aoont efuaI 70 TUG
whole product Of mining and t3hlrg lnoustry 10
ie4O The annual product OF one agricultural
Industry, BY the last CENSUS, Including the items
which as we have Teen. are altogether omitted,
VIVA not short of 500 COO COO tAking the census
to tc correct; thst tina mining Interest," incuo'
in iron and ccal S42 253 76l-tha farmer contrl.
bu!!Eg mere by ID TO than the IRON mss'er aHo
the ccal moDger; and yet We will texture to say
that tho voice Of the latter cass is heard IL times
"a far snd Es quickly, and has IL times as mucn
weight IS the farmers with our representatives
of tho landed inter e! in Congress And is 10
| be sUnLsred at since not asinQie sccieIy can Dc
pu1suaced to moe or paper be preVslied ou
| 10 sssert their political rghts-as clRsf. bus
lei US return TO the point from which we started,
| TO Wit the necessity iheie Is for more teorousn
examination into the value CT the COB OF indian
corn, to ascertain and compare It's nutratlVe ana
its lertsliZipg properties. Exactly 70 years ago
8a published the very interesting paper which
follows on the cEtilistion Of the meal of Indian
corn ard cob Us COM pared with that OF Inc grain
n,oce and on the advantages OF grinding both
t. gather as food for horses.
ZEN buahels Ct the corn and cob ground TO.
estte wero taken. Which weighed 81 lbs. snd
10 bushels Of pure corn meal were tiken. which
weighed 400 les. They were both oreWeo or
mashed on the ssno day and distilled separately
with sreut care ard accuracy. The pToduct
of tho pure corn was Is gallons, and the pro-
Duet OF the mixture, or cora and COB was Is gals.
of spirit each If the same degree OF proof. NOW
il is rally argued that the cob constitutes
about CLIO half CT the bulk Of corn; 10 other
WORDS We give two measures Ia the ears Tor ono
shol!ed, end the ccbs are either used as fuel or
thrown away ss OF no value II this were true,
the product OF the mixture then snoula nave
been only 9 ganoEe, which IS the hsif OF wDss
the rurs corn produced But u were obtained,
Of which must have eeen, OF course, e1.fac!eo
from IT, Q cobe; or if We eEtimate its nptritive
power By the quantity CT spirit 1t IS clear taas
whenever we shell 10 bushels Ct corn and throw
away tie cobs. We throw away por!on OF looo
eous 10 the difference between and IL, or near
~ one half Besides the sc!ual economy there
ia another advantage in this way OF feeding
corn VIII ca ought 10 engage tie attention OF eV-
arg farmer. 1t is VIGOROUSLY true that Inc u1-
ground grain of corR is hestirg to the stomach
of oil amin sls ind of difficult digestion, produc-
ing collie and other IL Il .mmalory disorders, par
.icularly in horss7, which tend greatly to short
en- thsir lives 2hsy esa deprived OF the bene'
fits derived iTcla tho stimulus Of dis!oDson By
being unable 20 es: sufficient bulk to produce
it b sfo, they bee ,me sofged. But When 2Tound
into meal along with the co3s aod mixed Win
cut hsy or straw of any Kind, this necessary dis
tension il produced without Gny danger OF dis
orders arising from eating too muoa
Judge Ruel referring to and quoting this
statement cf Mr.. Minor remarked: Tine co6s OF
corn undoubtedly contain much nutEiments
we have said 10, abundant testimony in the
prsctice cf cmin ent farmers Of the utility Of feed
ire cob pneal to animals, nlwsys mixed, we 6a.
lieye with the meal Of coIn OF oats. AID he pub
lished note from Hr. kob!. " hite, OF Shrewi-
burg, n. D., who ssys: a pretty extensive
f.eder ia the Phi!adelphia nlalkst once told ma
tina. q bnshel of meal made of corn and cobs was
ouIte equal 20 bushe Of meal made OF corn
and oal., and that bis cs!tle thrive a fast on the
former % tho latter Another writer says: !
have acquired 4 li!,lo tm:teriog OF chemistry
and have sDalyz 3l the cobs OF COIN. snd the
corr cobs contsin ono tweEiieth or their putIl-
i've inul.sr, snd pumpki0s one tWeaty.h'th OF
ttair yaiaht OF Eialter nutIi!Ve TO animals. II
nov ruolysis DO accurste, i: vii! then appesrtha
farmers generally are in the habit OF throwing
away an article (cobs} preferable as food for
stock to COMMON turnips and nearly equal to
Swedish turnips (weigtt for weight.)'
500 Geo uO bushels of Indian corr vii lfurh,ah,
according to the exact proof supplied ~ MIR.
Colt, 700 ecu COO lbs, tho ono twentieth OF
which gives So cU0GG0 les Of nu.'llivo mater
now thrown evsy, which s. = c'nts 10 i'Io0o.'
COO dollars"
There is very little doubt bit the corn rsised
in the United States Ct the present time 10 moso
than double if not treble, what 1t Wss when the
above articles Tsre written, IN le4O. = aud .
therefore The loeg hs lho present time ID that
% uch tho ersater and instead OF now being only
S7.C(O,0O) 1t would amount fsom fourteen 70
twenty ono millions OF doilars.
The resdicg Ct the pepper lead to spirited
ditcussion ss 10 their value es Iced f2r s1lnali
some oourendiog that it wus gtasc advantage
TO Grind the N together; il they could BIZ ground
6ae lhsy Wero Gcrth 81 much as their weight
of whea. bras; Others thought they vera Only
fit for buruiog CT to De used as Gu absorbent OF
l;ua;d nanur,; others st0ed .hct where careful
ex perimapls had been mado they were found to
BIZ Injurious to the stomach OF suimU!s Whented
fc. aey gfo.t length OF timt; there wss THO
sharp sgaIs CD tie COB ia which tho kernel OF
ccrn was imbedtd thss il was quite impossible
TO eript; it Has this tcsle that ilisa!cd The
stomach of al rlinal 10 its irjary.
Tho report OF The committee on tbs p'oWisg !
sustoh Vas read IS putishe5 in tie Alexandria
Gazette OF the 10Th instant.
The critics report ccssd With tho fe!s2ming |
observation:
ia lockiog ever tho farm We cts,lV, t|o
particular features 10 our iliend's system Of
management, which. 10 conu9cica with bis
stock Of energy sad Industry. has done him
good SERVER. fhty vii apply equally we'll
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