The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-08-01

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timothy hay or other grasses. 1t
has been the common practice to al
low the corn to ripen in the field and
gather the corn from the stalks, con-
sidering the corn fodder Of little val
ne. turning the stock into the field t.
pick the dead and dried leaves and
husks fora few days, allowing them
selves to belize they have gotten all
out of it that was of any value.
Scientific men in the last year or two,
as has been shown by articles pub
lished in a few papers, have discov-
cred that IS per cent of nutriment of
the corn crop was in the stalk when
cut and cured at the. proper time,
and As per cent. only in the corn it.
self. If this can be true, who can
figure the millions of dollars that the
farmers of this land have practically
thrown away by want of knowledge
or by want of help to cut their corn
quick enough to save it at the proper
time?
But modern inventive genius has
come to the aid of the farmer in the
shape of 'Corn Harvester" By
this means the cutting of the crop at
the proper season is made easy; in
deed it is as great Il revolution over
the old method of hand cutting as
the modern self-binder is over the
old fashioned cradle. Among the
perfected machines for this purpose
that have been put on the market in
recent years is that manufactured by
the old reliable Mccormick Harvest
ing Machine Company. Wherever
this machine has been used it has
met with great favor, and what was
few years ago only an experiment
is now a reality, and the "Corn Har-
vester" is as much of a fixture among
farm machinery as the self-binder.
AS an illustration of the merit in
which the M1cCormick's latest Fpro-
duct is held by those whose practical
experience give weight to their opin-
ions, attention is cited to the particu-
lar case of Samuel w. Allerton, who,
if not the most successful farmer in
the United States, is one of the larg-
est and most successful, having this
year between $4,000 and $4,000 acres
of corn upon his land, and has al
ready bought and paid for Is of.these
machines this year. He has volun :
teered to say that this corn machine
he considers adds $40 per acre to
every acre of land he possesses, be-
cause it enables him to save his corn
fodder at the proper time, and he
has never been able to do it by hir-
ing men to cut it. He states that he
can no longer afford to raise hay, be-
cause he can get more nutriment,
more valuable feed off an acre of
corn fodder thai he can out of the
best acre of timothy he can raise,
and he has the corn for nothing
says that from actual experience and
tests he will challenge any farmer to
take good fat steer out of the pas
ture in the fall and prevent him from
losing weight through the winter
months, stuffing him with all the
timothy or other hay he can get him
to eat; while on the other ..hand he
can take good corn fodder cut at the
right time and put 100 pounds on the
same steer during the winter months.
He is one of the largest cattle feed
ers and shippers in the United States,
and knows whereof he speaks. Any
one can get his views by addressing
him at the old Colony Building, Chi
cago.
One of the freshest testimonials re
ceived by the Mccormick people re-
garding the usefulness of this ma
chine, reads as follows:
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Tex, July 10 '95.
"A long felt want bias been sup
piled. The two corn binders pur-
chased of your local agents, Rogers,
Furney & Co., have more than filed
our expectations.
sour sorghum stood very thick
and was about twelve feet high,
would estimate it yielding 20 tons to
the acre. This we cut and bound
with your machine, only using a
span of mules.
ave have also cut corn for our silo
that would yield 100 bushels to the
acre. Both in sorghum and corn the
machine proved to be perfect in