Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-11-09
SOME FARM TOPICS.
VALUABLE TIPS FOR THE riLLEHs
OF THE SOIL.
shredded Fodder Alleged 90 ne
Equal 10 Hay-A Creamery erase
For Cooling Miik-A Cheap siio--
Miseellane Notes.

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| miscellaneous Notes.
Dry seasons and short hay crops may
not be without large compensations.
The inquiries coming to us amidst the
maturing of the greatest corn crop
these Central states ever grew, sug-
gests that farmers generally are ready
to accept the fact that II has too long
been the custom To utterly waste one
of the best products of the farm. We
do not say that all have been praetic-
ing these wasIeful methods, but that
many have. Last year farmer on
| forty acres gave fair test 10 his corn
fodder. He tells us that on land that
grew him forty.tite bushels OF corn per
acre also yielded him fodder which
by actual feeding test, proved itself
worth two tons Of hay per acre. lie
cut his corn as IL began glazing or
hardening In the grain, hound II into
small bundles which We're shocked up
loosely In the field til fairly cured aud
then corded up In the barn shed by
laying the bundles across each other
as wood Is corded up, and when, later
on in the fall, he had time he obtained
the services OF husker and Shredder
in the neighborhood aud husked the
corn and shredded the fodder, which
he stored away In the dry for use. He
fed this shredded fodder without ATTY
hay, TO his cattle from November ~
to April %, and they came ont on
grass in as fine condition as he ever
saw them He also fed II 10 his horses
with equal satisfaction. lie was thus
enabled 10 sell all his hay aud go
through the feeding season on the pro
duet that had gone To waste largely
before.
Here Is fair illustration OF this
whole matter. and we urge its iinpOr-
lance upon those who have short hay
crops aud great prospects for corn
Let ii be said that the corn as il be-
gins 10 glaze and harden Is at d per.
feet state Of nutrition in blade and
stalk, as well as In ear. Cur al this
time the very highest per cent OF untri-
ton Is saved and preserved In the fod
der, and the ear is also perfect Cut,
husked and shredded as this farmer
did. one has not only forty to sixty
bushels of perfectly understandable corn
per acre ON good land bur ~ many
tons ~ fos!der equal pound for pound
with the best hay that wnuld grow
upon il also. Can anyone AFFORD 10
waste So mu,hf Experience has shown
that the method or running cattle ~
the s.alSfield Is equivalent u d waste
Of two-thirds or more VI II, aud thar
The old method Of standing the sho.k~
in the tield till late Ina the season and
then feeding them without cutting or
shredding. IN a waste. OF one half ar
more OF the fodder Can we afford 10
waste one-half even Hay Ia In great
demand, At high prices this setspn
Save the fodder shred and feed n
properly, aud sell the hay. This Ii
the way to make the big corn croi,
count and make mp for the short hny
crop.
Last season we published sevcrai
letters from farmers who werr using
shredder. They We're uniformly IN
yorable to this new method or making
nay OUT OF the corn fodder. The Ma.
chine breaks and shreds the stalk Pin
every part of II may be utilized pcr
tectly and fed with equal satisfaction
10 cattle, horses and sheen I'm n
word. i saves the great by product "
the cornticld, whereas II has hereto.
fore been wasted.
We nave for years been urging tn.
value Of the silo and corn silagp. Only
a Few farmers have yet constructed
sllos. But u has been found most d..
sirabie TO feed dry products along win
the silaSe Many have been fec,liu,
nay This shredded fodder win tnkc
me place OF hay and the two methods
ot saving work perfectly together In
ieeding. to balance the ration. wheat
nrah ana other products may bc used
bnt now get ready to save and shr.d
your corn fodder and sell your nav