The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-19

corn as is usually produced ON our allu-
Vial river lands, the result OF iegumin-
GUS crops. rotation :lnd sub ioii,ug
We reel Jnat We caanos ~erve the
! Farmers better tAau by GAZING atten-
ton Icy these posloilitia, OF our long
suffering and hardrun old fields
Another Important subject for study
and experiment is the
SAVING OF OUR coRN CROP.
Perhaps few farmers are aware that
oy our present Wa>tefnl plan OF pull.
ing the corn and fodder and leaving
the stalk in the field, % 20 or nearly
one fourth the value o; the entire pro.
duct Is wasted.
Ihls has not only been proven by ana
lyslS, but by experiments in feeding.
The stalks are troublesome to handle.
and cannot be profitably used in their
present shape for feed. In the manure
pile they decompose so slowly as to be
very undesirable for bedding, therefore.
under ordinary conditions, it is not sur
prising that the farmer leaves them
standing in the field, and if they prove
very unmanageable when the crop
preparation begins, they are often piled
and burnedl
IL Is not necessary to state that
waste OF nearly one. fourth the returns
IN any other business would swamp it
In the first few years. One, and the
pr1nclpal reason that the stalks have
not heretofore been more thoroughly
utilized, IS that we have had no ma.
chine for overcoming the difficulties of
handling the entire corn product to ad.
vantage: But, as is usually the case,
when the necessity arises the ma
chinery is evolved from the ever active
brain OF the inventor and machine is
now on the market which cuts or shreds
the stalk, fodder and shuck in such
manner as to give the very best fodder,
! and the waste forms most desirable
bedding, which is easily converted into
manure. Those who have tested it
pronounce it practical. 1t therefore
rests with the farmer to save his corn
crop in such shape that the entire prod
uct stalk, leaves, shuck and grain can
be utilized. This is, of course, as vet a
new departure in southern farming. If
farmer does not wish to subject his
whole corn crop to an untried process,
let him give it trial on at least part
of it. Some farmers through the state
are making test with the present
years crop. Let each one resolve that
another year he will make the expert
ment The corn should be cut off at
the root. the stalks placed in we'll built
shocks and tied around the top with
binders Irvine. After they are cured
they are taken to the barn where, If the
shredding machine is used, no part is
wasted. The problem for us to solve
just now is as to the very best method
of saving the corn by this process, the
machine will do the rest.
The outlook seems to be favorable to
a better price for cotton, and if the
| crop can be marketed to meet the de.
mands of the trade rather than the in.
! dividual obligations of farmers, no
doubt the price can be sustained; but
If farmers notes fall due, he has no al
/ tentative, and thus much cotton is often
i forced on the market at a time when it
is not needed by the spinners, and the
consequence is lower prices.
There are so many qualifying condi-
tions surrounding this whole question,
that it is difficult to advise intelligent-
ly; at last, each individual must care
fully weigh every attendant circum.
stance aud decide for himself.
r. T. NEsBIrT, Commissioner.