Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-23
CORN FODDER.
Shall rsrmersFeed pry corastsih' Who'll
or shall thu same Ne Cut7

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nr shall ths Same Ne Cui7
The question, "shall we cut dry
stalksy" was considered in a recent NUM-.
bef Of The Rural New Yorker. a Ne,'
mont farmer writing on the subjoci
thought that the variety OF corn has a.
importan. bearing on the question and
quoted trials at the Wisconsin expcr
iment station, where It was found thai
the saving by cutting in the case Of vel
low dent field corn was 80 and 81 PEI
cent, while IN the experiment with
stowells Evergreen sweet corn the gain
was only 2 per cent. a Massachuseit
correspondent said. "My experience 10
cutting cornstalks for dozen cows
convinced me that It did not pay to DO
It by hand. Whore Is can be done iC
advantage by horse or steam power DC
no doubt pnys, especially II a good deal
OF the butts would otherwise bs wasted.
An Illinois farmer w-otei "Tho prac.
tice OF cutting dry corustalks has been
tried repeatedly In this locality, and the
emphatic decision Of all who have OK
pefimontcd with II Is that II does not
pay. Cattle and horses will pick theout
fodder over, but they will cat no more
Of II than they will Of tho uncut. They
might be starved TO II. but there would
be neither profit nor sense In such a pro.
ceeding. Young cattle will rustic through
the winter In good shape on uncut corn
fodder with one good ration Of corn a
day. Young horses will do the same,
but their grain rations should BE- oats
and corn in equal proportions. n the
corn Is cut just az the grain is glazing
the animals will strip the stalks clean,
and also eat three or four joints of the
upper end. Occasionally they will find
a stalk that Is sweet or contains some.
thing they like aud they will eat the
whole Of it. Give Il 70 milk COW that
is fed good grain ration twice u day
and she will pick of only the tcndorcst
leaves. Cutting and mixing IL with bran
or meal doesn't holp tho matter. She
will eat no more Of IL, Corn fodder cut
when tho grain is ripe Is no better than
wheat straw. Steaming the stalks ha.
never been tried in this nelghborhood
It might possibly be made to pay on a
small scale. but doubt It very much.
have tried feeding good cut corn fodder
TO work horses whom the hay crop was
short, and know Of no sort OF feed that
will give them dry, staring coat and
generally rough appearance quicker than
that will. Dry corn fodder may be a
nutritious food, but the trouble Is that
the greater part Of II is not In a form
tina. cattle and horses like, or that agrees
with them. aud Il cannot be utilized
The testimony Of all careful, observing
farmers and stock feeders who have
fairly tried IL. Ia that shock fodder makes
good 'roughness' 10 feed with corn, aud
that Is all IL does make. For milk or
beet It Is not worth halt as much as good
timothy hay, aud cutting does not IN.
crease It's value in the least. Tho long
stalks ARE nuisance among the bedding
aud In the manure pile, but II they arr
placed where they are constantly tram
Piled by cattle and horses they will soon
be- broken up. Cat stalks make very fair
bedding IN the absence OF straw. but Il
will hardly pay to cut them up for thn.
purpose alone. l think IL Is probable
that the only method by which the full
feeding value Of corn fodder can be sc.
cured is through the silo,"