The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-06-22


During July and August pastures be-
come dry and brown aud COWS fill on
X, both milk and flesh II some provision
his not been made for tisling over the
time until fall rains revive tho grass.
foddcr-corn has proven an excellent
supplement- % failing midsummer past
nr..-. and has come % b.. especially On
dairy farms staple crop. II makes
a heavy growth and thriyes 80 much
better IN dry weather than most grasses
that its cultivation for feeding green Is
increasing every year. A majority ~
farmers now raise II hy the acre and
feed Il daily from jul, ID September.
By growing foddcr-corn plcnfiiully
farmers arcenablcd % kecptli stock On
their moving iields Ia early autumn: for
this object alone the fodder crop pay~.
Sweet corn Is the sort generally pre-
ferrcd for fodder. While not making
50 large growth A. some kind~. there
il less waste ia feeding than In The
yourd-seed varieties. because cattle Will
eat large proportion Of the stalk.
Sweet corn i. however. more difficult
70 cure. being liable 70 mold. and for
this reason some farmers practice SOW
jnr field corn when the fodder il re-
auirei for winter use. Blounf's Pro-
life corn. owing 10 It's large yield. has
proven q popular sort ia some sections
Tor fodder.
For early feeding the first planting Of
fodder corn ought. ~ course. u be
early. Much 81 the seed j. put in. how
ever. during June and july with excel
lent results. A. this crop tlriyes In com
paratiycly dry soil and in dry weather.
Occasionally corn for fodder Il sown
broadcast. but a. rule the seed ~
drilled in with sufficient space between
rows 10 insure free access ~ air and
sunshine 70 the plants. plan ap-
proved ~ ~ some If our best vsilt,a,-
Or. i planning In drills three feet apart
with about ten kernels dropped per
foot. Thinner planting will produce
more fosLler. but the quality VIII MOI b.
50 good. One and 4 hall bushels ~
seed ~ the acre will induce a Yield
sufficiently thin 10 admit Of the stalks
standing up IN ordinary summer
weather. Whc: sown too thick the
fodder Is liable 10 lodge under heavy
storms. losing aftcrward the beautiful
effects of ample sunlight and yentlla-
tion and often rotting. in consequence.
on the ground.
50 soon a. The plants arr two Or three
inches high cnlti,ator may ~ RIM
close ~ the rnws. Tie crop. FIR best
results. ought 10 BE- cultivated two Or
three times The fodder NAV III fed
green when two fcc; high.
The enact stage IL which fodder corn
ought ID NJ hArNe ted for winter vs.. j.
an Important consideration. n cu, too
early II has not sufficient amount ~
the sl3fmod~. sugar and starch. 10
make II nutriiiyc. and loses much
weight ia DRYING. because " the wafer
iii III Ii cl; too late. in tie other
hand. The celluloSc. which for he most
part i a gestihls. IL changed INTO crude
tiber. which Is most indigc~tiole. and
the external LAYER ~ the Sialk that 9TH
crwisc would " soft and easily maSti-
Gated becomes glazed. and l. thereby
rendered AT unls insligrs;ible hut inlu.
rinlis ID the mucous membrane ~ III. ali
mentary canal. The stage II Towering
il accepted a. the best time - cn' other
forage crops. and corn appears to be no
exception. The rule II ~ rui fodder
corn for curing in the early blnssom 81
The ta,Srl
general impression prevails that
fodder corn. III whatever stage u its
growth. OUT 10 b. cut previous 70 fro~t.
When large areas 81 fodder are grown
The wholesale plan ~ cutting IL with 4
rcapng machine and gathering !! like
hay. with stccl-fpoth rake. Is praciiccd.
n H. Horh.