The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-08-23
Economy Of Cut Feed.
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Improvement in the method Of feeding
has saved much valuable material tina.
would otherwise have been wasted and the
benefit gained has 0een more from the prep
Grafton than from the quality Of the food
given. The recent imprUvementsrin ma
chimes for cuttin. cornstalks enable farmer
mt only to cit their stalks into very short
lengths but also to crush aud to tear them
TO pieces. the process breaking the silieiou~,
b ri Coating and facilitating digestion. Tie
advantages of cutting all f,od are numerous.
PEiuciJ.l among the benefits derived Is
less waste, and any method that prevents
unnecessary loss Is an actual gain. Ere
ptred food is more easily mastlcated and d.
gasted, is more palatabie, and af1rds nonr-
I-hmeut according to the attention gwen IT.
B9 cutting and preparing food the interior
kinds can he given along with the best, ana
mixtures can be made to suit the different
grades of stock. Corn-staks have not been
REGARDED a. of special value on the farm ex-
cept to add bulk to the manure heap. Even
il led alone, after being well cut, they are
not AS nourishing as other food but, il
saved and Kept in the barn in good, bright
condition, they can be utilized by the aid
OF the cutter and be made to fill the bill Of
FIRE which often runs short OF material be-
fore the winter is over. Many farmers feed
their animals literally with ground grain,
using hay and straw more for the purpose
Of distenliOn and bulk than for quality, and
il is on the farms where thegrains are used
that cut corn.stalk can be made useful.
When we'll cut and crushed they can be
steamed or moistened with hot water until
swollen, which renders them tender; but il
the cattle are not accustomed to them they
should he sprInkled with meal and little
salt Finely cut and mixed with pulpy
- they are relished by cattle at all
times.
other saving, which more than balances
the LABOR required for cutting, is the value
of cut food 10 the manure heap. The refuge
Of cut stalks, straw, hay, etc, should be
used for the absorption of liquids. Straw
and inferior hay, should any be left in the
trough after feeding, is in better condition
for bedding than when in the entire state.
The beds can be removed with greater ease,
and being in fine condition, is added to the
manure heap in that state, the result being
a saving in the handling of the manure, a
more through rotling and greater ease in it,
irbuliOn over the fields. No farmer who
has been ccustomed to hauling coarse ma
Dure TO the fields will object TO the labor
of the cutting when he once tries the ease
and convenience of distributing manure
that has been made from material that has
passed through the cutter. 1t il almost
bArbaruus to throw away corn fodder and
straw by the bundle into barn-yards to b.
trampIed upon and wasted by cattle, when
by cutting it the stock will be willing "a
consume it, to say nothing Of the cleanlI-
ness of the system, facility of handling,
variety of preparation and be added
the quickness of decomposition in nulri-
tive properties gained. To this ma!
the manure heap, fneness Of material, ano
little liability to 'fire-fanging, as we'll a,
the saving of the volatile gases that Otter
R'""ne from want of finely divided absor-
hents.