Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-10-14

last winter was about the same, not far
from $15, 900. 1t was a sight to warm
the blood of miser and anchorite, the
two great PAGERS straining every nerve
and sinew and Joe Patchen coming in a
winner, completing his mile in 2:011a,
thus making race record equal to
Robert Us best time record
Star Pointers great time record of a
mile in 1884, following SO soon after
his defeat in the race with Patchen,
fairly electrified those interested in turf
matters.
Best Way to Use Up the Fodder Crop.
The time for saving only the corn
and making little or no account of the
fodder has gone by.
1t is calculated that the fodder from
a crop of corn that has been cut up in
season at the roots and properly cured
will equal in value for feeding purposes
one-third of the entire crop. This being
the case, there is great loss in allow
ing SO much feeding material to go to
waste. 1t makes all the difference be-
tween profit and loss in producing the
crop.
Properly prepared, this corn slower
makes valuable food for milk cows,
as good as the average quality of hay,
and the amount realized per acre should
be about the same. This is we'll worth
saving, to say the least.
Now as to the best methods for pre-
pairing this fodder for stock. With the
large growth of corn in the west and
south there would undoubtedly be too
much waste i'll feeding the stalks whole,
and not much attention has yet been
given to putting this kind of fodder in
the silo.
On the average sized farm in the
corn growing districts there is, or there
should be, some kind of power-horse
or steam. Where this is the case the
way is plain. Get two or three horse
power shredder, with elevator if de-
sired, and with this prepare the slower
for use.
If this, after the corn has been
husked, has been properly put up and
cared for the work of shredding can be
done as wanted for use during the win
ter. or if it is dry enough to put in
mass. then large amount can be pre-
pared at once if desired. In cold weather
we have found an advantage in prepar-
ing enough at one time to last several
days, and when left in pile it will
warm up considerably, making it more
palatable for stock.
Cor,7 fod6e,Ys fbof ic chroddo5 SO mt
in the best condition for feeding. 1t is
next to pulping. There are no sharp
ends to make the mouths of cattle sore,
as is otherwise sometimes the case.
There need be no fear that stock will
not relish fodder prepared in this way
or that there will be loss in feeding.
By this process all parts of the stalks
are pretty we'll mixed and the waste is
imperceptible.
Treated in this way, the large amount
of slower in the great corn growing re-
gions can be disposed of at good ad-
vantage and become profitable source
of income
Shredded corn fodder can also be
readily baled the same as hay and thus
prepared for market, as 1 understand is
beginning to be done.
On the average sized farm the owner
should have some such arrangement as
this for his own use. Not only can the
stalks from which the corn has been re-
moved be shredded, but what is termed
fodder corr" that is, crop raised
especially for fodder without the ears be-
ing husked out-can be prepared in the
same way. This makes one Of the best
milk and butter producing foods that we
have Where very large tracts of corn are
raised the combined husker and shred
der might be used to good advantage,
but this article is intended more for the
benefit of the smaller farmers who de-
sire to do their own work and make the
best possible use of their entire crop of
corn.-E. r. Towle in Massachusetts
Plowman.
Sometimes a colt draws too much
milk from its dam and contracts diar-
rhea, which may prove fatal. Where
there are symptoms of this diarrhea in
colt milk the dam by hand twice
day and draw off the surplus fluid SO
the colt cannot make hog of itself.
IT,, c@anlr Dosuke