Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-01
rHE FARM AND HOME.
WINTERINo CATTLE PRINCE
PALLY ON CORN FODDER.
Where the Profits Go--Hay Grades-Long-
Legged Tomato Plants-care of
the Dairy Cow stock
Notes and Hints.
The value of Corn Fodder.

seems that r. e. Riser who gave
his experience in feeding cattle.
might have entirely saved his hay
and added $16s. so 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 40 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 - per ton, corn fodder
saved in good condition is worth at
least 50 per acre and both cattle and
horses relish ii in autumn aud early
winter and thrive as we'll as on hay.
Cattle / think do better than on hay.
Last year l had two and one-hali
acres 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 sl2
per acre. The corn was planted in
drills three and one-hali feet apart
and rather thicker than 1t should have
been for the best results-the yield OF
cars being $50 bushels
The time OF feeding is partly estl.
mated on the basis that tho fodder
from thirty-one stacks fed the ami
mails eleven and one half days |
have fed cornstalks for nineteen years
and have very little patience with
system OF farming that wastes the
corn fodder. In this section there is
occasionally a field OF corn frost-bitten
and left uncut and | would not give
fifty cents an acre for the good an an
imal gets from IL as it stands in tho
field brown and dead and tasteless
A Nebraska man told me once as
wo stood watching herd OF cattle
'rustling" in large field OF corn
stalks that the principal value cattle
got was from nubbins 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 PARKWAY roof, II makes
mo tired when read inquiries as 10
profits from men who make a crea-
lures hide do duty as a shed. and its
stomach serve as a stove. Perhaps |
do Mr.. Riser injustice. but according
10 his statement his cattle did some
roaming over q hundred acres OF
clover and corn stalks
On the 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 as to waste. or what
is about the same thing. leave them
uncut On nearly every farm Is a
dairy fully one.hali OF them winter
diaries. and the principal food OF the
cows until February | Is corn stalks.
have a friend in the western part
OF Ohio who raises annually 40 acres
OF corn, feeding IL to steers and this
is all cut up near the ground. Feed
ing sheds Is feet wide and 100 feet
loug are provided with n i-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 OF be ore feeding 10 elualize the
ration that Is. to preserve due pro.
portion between the grain and rough.
age No hay is fed while the corn
stalks last In this connection Il
might be OF value to mention what [
did in small way with sweet corn
fodder.
On the goth OF june. 1891 l
planted 143 rods (exact measure) o.
new land plowed for the first time.
and containing over 30 stumps with
z rows OF Egyptian and "a rows OF
Evergreen sweet corn. II was planted
with u hoe. Is inches apart three
kernels in hill The seed. procured
OF neighbour was shrunk somewhat.
and he thought 1t probable that not
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 much
in the way OF ears, but finally sold
over $40 dozen. all but IL dozen
bringing 10 ceuts per dozen.
The fodder was cut Immediately
after slight frost and put into Il
shocks. | think. in green condi.
ton. these shocks would have easily
weighed 400 lbs. each, making over
twelve tons on the piece when cut up.
Many OF tho stalks had nubbin ears
on. and never fed anything that cat
tie ate so voraciously as this
The first 20 stacks fed. lasted two
cattle 35 days and could It all have
been fed in December, it would have
fed four cattle one month; 20 stacks
remained in the field up to the middle
OF January. and OF course deteriorated.
was forced TO leave 1t out as in the
open weather we had in December IL
spoiled in the barn. even when set up
close together on the barn floor.
OF the cattle fed, one was a seven