The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-12-02

fine stalks and more leaves. Sweet
corn is supposed to give sweeter stalks
perhaps so, perhaps Not-a point, on
which facts are needed. | know of no
positive proof.
At any rate, know that common
corn, sown early, at the rate Of two
and half to three bushels per acre,
and well cultivated, will give as good
fodder as I want. When cut early,
say the middle Of August, it can be
made, with proper care, into genuine
''maizc hay" Of excellent quality.
Fourth-By letting the crop grow
later, = heavier growth can be some
times be attained, but the quality is
not always so good. At any rate, |
would cut the first moment the crop
attained maturity, OF showed in eS-
ccssively dry weather, any signs OF
drying up.
Fifth have had great crop, that
proved quite satisfactory, cut as late as
the last Of September, but at this
season, it's not an easy matter TO cure
it.
Sixth.-Wc cut our corn fodder with
q selfraking reaper. Keep the knives
sharp, and take only one row at
time, especially if heavy, and do not
make the bundles too large; and any
good reaper will cut the crop better
than it can be cut by hand.
Seventh-Let the fodder lie in the
punches on the ground for few hours,
| or for day or two, to partially cure.
Then bind up into small bundles.
Eighth-Set the bundles up iNto
small, compact stacks, and cap them
with "rider," made by tying two
shcaves together and placing them with
| the butts up, On tha toRof the shock, so
as to shed the rain. If we'll done, this
! will protect it.
Ninth-Nothing more need be done
until late in the fall, except to set up
any shocks or bundles that are blown
down, or, more likely, be so spread
out at the bottom as to be exposed to
the rain.
Tenth-In these stocks, the corn
fodder, especially that which is cut
early, will get thoroughly cured, and
one who has had no experience with
corn fodder, will be likely to think that
snch we'll cured smaize hay" may bs
put in q stack or bay, like bundles of
wheat or corn stalks. But such is not
the case, and the practical way OF
handling dozen or more acres OF
heavy corn fodder is, to make it into
large stocks in the field, and let them
remain there until needed for feeding
in the winter.
Three rows of the smaller stocks are
made into one row of large stocks, or
if the crop is not very heavy, FIVE rows
may be taken, two OH each side Of the
center row, where the large stocks are
! to be made. The larger the stocks,
provided they can be compactly make,
and gradually tapering to q point, the
better. The top should be securely
| tied with two bands. We sometimes
use tarred rope, but nothing is better
than willow twigs for ties.
See that every part of the work is
we'll done. The FIRST bundles of the
large stock should stand upright, and
two men, standing on opposite sides
of the stock, should press the bundles
together as tight as possible, and con-
tinue to do SO as more are added.
Especially press or kick the butts OF
the bundles compactly together. A
sprawling stock will be more Or dam
aged by snow and ice, and the butts
will be frozen together, and it is then
not an easy matter to pitch the bun
dies in the winter. If these large
stocks are we'll made, there need be
little loss, and 10 difficulty in handling
the fodder.-American -Agricultural-
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