The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-08-19
THE FARM AND HONE.
WINTERlNG CATTLE PRINCE
PALLY ON CORN FODDER.
Where tho Profits Go--Hay Grades--L Long
Legged Tomato Plants-Care Of
the Dairy Cow - Stock
Notes and Hints.
The value of Corn Fodder.

upon corn fodder for the winter feed
OF two horses and three cattle it
seems that r. &. Riser who gave
his experience in feeding cattle,
might have entirely saved his hay
and added 1858. 80 to his profit by
cutting up and using his corn fodder
writes l. B. Pierce in the Country
Gentleman. Cut before frost and
placed in shocks | think Az acres
would have kept his cattle in rough
feed. and the other 20 acres fed to
something else would have paid for
cutting up and binding the whole
With hay ut 81 per ton. corr fodder
saved in good condition is worth at
least 80 per acre. and both cattle and
horses relish it in autumn and early
winter. and thrive as we'll as on hay.
Cattle. 1 think do better than ON hay
Last year | had two and one-half
ncres OF corn cut into 1863 shocks and
as near as | can get at it it would
have fed two horses and two cows two
months or been equal to three tons OF
hay. Hay is worth here 40 per ton,
and this would make the value ST.
per acre. The corn was planted in
drills three and ouc-half feet apart
and rather thicker than it should have
been for the best results-the yield OF
ears being $50 bushels
The time OF feeding is partly esti-
mated on the basis that the fodder
from thirty lone stacks fed the ami.
mails eleven and one-Ealf days
have fed cornstall1s for nineteen years.
and have very little patience with a
system OF farming that wastes the
corn fodder. In this section there Is
occasionally field OF corn frost-bitten
and left uncut and l would not give
fifty cents an acre for the good an an
imal gets from it as it stands in tho
fold brown and dead and tasteless.
A Nebraska man told me once as
we stood watching u herd of cattle
'Tustling' in large field Of corn
stalks, that the principal value cattle
got was from nubblns and ears skipped
in husking
Mr.. Riser does not tell whether
the cattle were sheltered or not but
presume they were housed in true
western fashion under the broad
canopy Of heaven subject to all the
capricious changes which take place
under that far-away roof. 1t makes
me tired when | read inquiries as to
profits from men who make crea-
lures hide do duty as shed. and its
stomach serve as stove. Perhaps |
do Mr.. Riser injustice, but according
10 his statement his cattle did some
roaming over hundred acres OF
clover and corn stalks.
On tho Western Reserve we think
it pays to keep fattening animals
warm. quiet and sheltered from the
storm, and large part OF the profits
come from careful use OF all the
farm products saved in the best man
ner The farmers OF Northern Ohio
would as soon let go to waste good
timothy meadows az to waste. or what
is about the same thing. leave them
uncut On nearly every farm is q
dairy fully one-hali OF them winter
diaries, and the principal food OF the
cows until February is corn stalks.
! have friend in the western part
of Ohio who raises annually lao acres
OF corn, feeding it to steers, and this
is all cut up near the ground. Feed
ing sheds IL feet wide and 100 feet
long are provided with 4-foot man
ger running through the center. In
this the stalks are fed without husk-
ing the steers being admitted on
either side. The best ears are snap
ped off be.ore feeding to elualize the
ration that is to preserve u due pro.
portion between the grain and rough
age. No hay is fed while the corn
stalks last In this connection il
might DO OF value to mention what
did In small way with sweet corn
fodder.
On the goth OF June 1891
planted l4S rods (exact measure) o.
new land plowed for the first time
and containing over 40 stumps with
z rows OF Egyptian and "a rows o.
Evergreen sweet corn. 1t was planted
with a hoe IL inches apart three
kernels in hill. The seed procured
OF neighbour was shrunk somewhat
and he thought it probable that no
more than two-thirds would grow.
but it all grew making the seeding
too heavy. The ground was rich the
season favorable and ! got an enor
nous growth. ] did not expect mucl
in the way OF ears, but finally sold
over $40 dozen, all but IL dozer
bringing 10 ceuts per dozen,
The fodder was cut immediatell
after slight frost and put into s.
shocks. think. in u green condi
ton. these shocks would have easil,
weighed 400 lbs. each, making ovel
twelve tons on the piece when cut up
Many OF the stalks had nubbp ear,
on. aud Inever fed anything that cat
tie ate so voraclously as this
The first 20 stacks fed lasted tw,
! cattle So days and could it all hav,
been fed in December it would hav,
fed four cattle one month; - stack
remained in the field up to the middl
OF January and OF course deteriorAted
. ] was forced 10 leave it out as in tn
. open weather we had IN December |
= spoiled in the barn, even when set vi
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