Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-08


by the above we observe that ton OF
corn fodder is worth just about seven
eighths as much as ton of timothy
nay, as measured bY the results OBJ
tanned in digestible trials We can not
compare fodder with clover hay satisfac-
torily, because the clover hay is nearly
three times as rich in proteine as the
corn fodder, while it contains only
about ten per cent. more carbohydrates.
The table shows that Prof Armsby
found that an acre of corn-stalks con-
tanned nearly twenty per cent. more
digestible proteine, over fifty per cent
more digestible carbohydrates and ten
per cent. more fat than a ton Of timothy
hay. In Iowa, where there is a yield of
fifty bushels OF shelled corn per acre,
there must be fully two tons of field
cured corn-stalks per acre. which. by
the above figures may be said to be
worth about tive-sevenths of that many
pounds of hay.
So much for the subject when studied
from the chemical side together with
actual digestion trials. never feel sat
isfied, however, with the mere chemical
statement in questions Of this nature,
though believe much light is thrown
dpon such practical subjects by the in
yestigaGons of the chemist Very fort
unately we have fed corn stalks in
actual competition with hay. and our
results viii enable us to approach the
subject rom this practical side. In our
feeding teials one lot of cows received
corn fodder, fed long, while another lot
received mixed clover and timothy hay.
After feeding for time and carefully
noting the results we changed the feed
for the lots SO as toeliminate individual
difference 50 far as possible With the
stalks and hay were fed limited amounts
Of corn meal and bran, giving about the
same amount per COW per day to both
lots Of animals. The following table is
deduced from actual results in the
stable. BE it understood that the corn
stalks had .he ears husked from them
before feeding.
Food required for 100 lbs Of milk
when feeding corn-stalk s-1o8 lbs. OF
corn-stalks, - lbs. Of c0rn-meal ana IS
lbs. OF wheat bran.
Food required for 100 lbs. Of milk
when feeding mixed hay-7l lbs. Of
mixed hay 20 lbs. of corn-meal and 36
lbs. Of wheat bran
Food required for 100 lbs Of milk
when feeding clover hay-60 lbs. OF
clover hay. 20 lbs. of corn-meal and 81
lbs. Of wheat bran.
Here we find that l95 lbs. of corn
stalks fed long, together with certain
amount Of grain, produced 100 lbs of
milk, while with the same COWS under
the same conditions II lbs. Of mixed hay
or go lbs Of clover hay, with practically
the same amount Of grain, produced 100
lbs. of milk These trials show that
corn-stalks fed long have 81 per cent. Of
the value Of mixed hay. In the trials.
however, We found that 81 per cont. of
the weight Of oar fodder remained I'M
eaten.
Carefully conducted trials at later
period showed that by the use OF the
feed-cutter corn-stalks can be reduced
to such tinenesS that they are wholly
consumed BY COWS on such trials as
these; and further that the saving Of
fodder by the use OF the feed-cutter is
fully equal to the weight of stalks saved
thereby. Had we led cut instead of
long fodder. then lbs lbs. instead Of
1898 lbs, would have sufticed with the
grain for producing 100 lbs of milk
Actual feeding trials at this station,
then, show that 8, lbs. s,f mixed hay
equal 100 lbs. of uncut corn-stalks, or 55
lbs. Of mixed hay equal 100 lbs. Of fine
ly-cut eorn-stalks. An acre Of corn
stalks, then, when uncut, is worth l, 4SO
lbs. of mixed hay, and when reduced to
fineness by the feed-cutjer is worth
., 200 lbs Of mixed hay This gives a
valne to the stalk-delds Of S8.6s per acre
in the first case. and -. % in the second
Breeders Gazette
EvFgY farmer should raise pigs and
cure his bacon. There is no meat equal