The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-09-20
SOM FARM TOPICS
vALuADIR 3iPs Fon TAN F1LlnRs
OF THD SOIL.
Shredded Feeder AllegeA to BE-
Equal to Hay-A Creamery erase
Fer CeollnG Mllk-A Cheap sue.
Miscellaneous Notes,

not be without large compensations.
The inquiries coming to rs 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 1t has too long
been the custom to utterly waste one
Of the best products Of the farm. We
do not soy TINT all have been practic-
ing these wasteful methods, but that
many have. Last year a farmer, on
forty acres gave fair test to his corn
fodder. He tells us that on land that
grew him forty-tive bushels Of corn per
acre also yielded him fodder which,
by actual feeding test, proved itself
worth two tons of hay per acre. He
cut his corn as 1t began glazing or
hardening In the grain, bound 1t into
small bundles which We're shocked up
loosely in the field till fairly cured ana
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, lie had time he obtained
the services OF husker and shredder
In the ncighborhood and husked the
corn and shredded the fodder, which
lie stored away in the dry for use. He
fed this shredded fodder without any
hay. to his cattle from November 70
to April 25, and they came out on
grass in as fine condition us he ever
saw them. He also fed 1t to his horses
with equal satisfaction. He was thus
enabled to sell all his hay and 60
through the feeding season on the pro-
duct that had gone to waste largely
before.
Here Is fair Illustration of this
whole matter, and we urge its imp0r.
lance upon those who have short hay
crops and great prospects for corn:
Let 1t be said that the corn as it be-
gins to glaze and harden is Mt a per-
feet state Of nutrition In blade and
stalk, as well as in err. Cut Mt this
time the very highest per cent of nutri-
ton Is saved and preserved in the fod-
der, and the ear is also perfect. Cut,
huskcd and shredded as this farmer
did, one has not only forty to sixty
bushels OF perfectly understandable corn
per acre OH good land, but as many
tons Of fodder equal pound for pound
with the best hay that would grow
upon 1t also. Can anyone afford to
waste so much? Experience has shown
that the method of running cattle to
the stalkfield ts equivalent to Il waste
of two-tllirds or more of 1t, and that
the old method of standing the shocks
In the field till late In the season and
then feeding them without cutting or
shredding. is waste. of one-halr or
more Of the fodder. Can we afford to
waste one-half even: Hay is In great
demand, Mt high prices this season.
Save the fodder shred and feed 1t
properly, and sell the hay. This is
the way to make the big corn crop
count and make up for the short llay
crop.
Last season we published several
letters from farmers who were using
q shredder. They were uniformly fa-
voable to this new method of making
hay out Of the corn fodder. The ma
chine breaks and shreds the stalk till
every part of 1t may be utilized per-
fectly and fed with equal satisfaction
to cattle, horses and sheep. In
word, 1t saves the great by-proiluct of
the cOrnlield, whereas it has hereto
fore been wasted.
We have for years been urging the
value Of the sil0 and corn silage. Only
a few farmers have vet constructed
silos. But 1t has been found most de-
sllnble to feed dry products along with
the sflage. Many have been feeding
hay. This shredded fodder will take
the place of hay and the two methods
OF saving work perfectly together. In
feeding, to balance the ration, wheat
bran and other products may be used.
But now get ready to save and shred
your corn fodder and sell your hay.
How Much a Windmill Will lrrigate.
or course the deeper the water is be-
low the surface, the greater is tile
power required to raise it. Conse-
quently, windmill of given strength
Will raise less water and irrigate less
land when the water has to be raised
20O feet than when 1t has to be raised
100 feet. A twelve foot windmill ia
usually reckoned capable Of doing the
following, provided a suitable reser.
vOir Is attached:
Water 200 feet below the surfaca
with a reservoir 3OXGO and six feet
1917 "AAH "ssANA oAC acre VI Eutu0n.
Water $50 feet in depth, With rcscr.
voir 4OxsO. one and one-llalf acres.
water 100 feet in depth and reser-
voir 50x1O0. two acres.
Water fifty feet in depth and rcscr.
voir GOx12O, four acres.
Where the soil Is free from rocks
and we'll points can be easily driven.
1t will always pay to put up a wind.
mill, If the water is within fifty feet
of the surface, wherever there is a
sale or demand for garden truck and
where the necessary water cannot be
obtained by any cheaper method.
Usually arid land near enough to town
can be obtained for q very small sum.
and as the total cost of a windmill and
reservoir will not exceed $3.50, it is
like buying four acres Of irrigated land
for this amount, plus the value of the
land in its arid statc.-Soutlwester
Farm and Orchard.