Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
CORN SLOWER.
Tho Feeding value Of Slower How To
Handle It---MethOtls Of Storing.

Handle 1C--M0tnOOo Oh 6uOrluSs
Corn slower, means the stalk Of the
corn after the grain has been removed.
Thrashed corn straw and shredded corE
are therefore included in tho term
''stover, " although until recently it has
meant only the straw or stalk of corn
that was husked by hand. Corn fodder
means. the entire crop rs it grew. 1t
may mean the cured crop in q form SO
immature that 1t is possessed OF no
grain, or the crop which has completed
its growth, or it may mean the same cut
at any period short of maturity. The
essential difference therefore between
corn slower and corn fodder lies in the
fact that in the former the grain has
been removed from the straw, while in
the latter it has not.
As the outlook for hay is not encour-
aging, it is important that particular
care.should be taken of tho com stover
that may be available. That all kinds
Of stock will winter we'll Oh a ration
the fodder portion of which consists Of
we'll cured corn slower has been demon.
strated often. Corn slower, when duly
cared for, should be as valuable acre for
acre as hay. The value Of corn slower
practically lifts the farmer Of the prairie
out Of the realm of danger from short
age in the hay crop. since he can have
corn slower or at least corn fodder any
season.
TO get the full feeding value Of corn
stover the corn should be promptly cut
as soon as ripe and stood up in shocks.
When huskod by hand, it may then be
put in long stacks, consisting OF two
lengths of corn with the butts outward
and the tops overlapping far enough in
the middle to elevate the center Of the
stack just little. Some old hay thrown.
along the ridge Of the stacks and weight
cd completes the structure. But in some
sections there may be so much succu-
lence in the fodder that it will not keep
thus, and therefore has to be put up in
large shocks after having been husked.
To thrash corn or to run it through
the shredder is labor saving when it can
be done in quantity at one time. When
thus used, the corn stands in the field
WuCT6 IL was SAOChCu uAoA! SoAA "SeeoAA
er. When run through the machine by
either process, the straw is stored under
cover or without cover, according to Cir
cumstances. But it is usually much
more conveniently fed if it can be put
under cover, Such system is labor saw
ing in a marked degree.
The tearing or shredding Of the fod-
der increases the .palatability of the
same, or at least it puts the stover in
condition that will induce the cattle to
eat it more readily and also to eat
more Of it. But this plan has it's dan
GERS Unless the cornstalks are we'll
dried and the weather cold, the stover
will not, keep in large quantities; it will
heat and spoil. In fact, this in practice
will be found the one great difficulty in
storing corn slower after a wholesale
fashion, and the danger Of trouble aris-
ing from the source named will increase
with the increase in the moisture in the
cured corn. Slower prepared by thrash
ing or shredding is more likely to spoil
in Michigan than in South Dakota, says
Prairie Farmer, authority for the fore
going. The danger may be averted by
handling only a moderate quantity at