The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-02-10


calendar. He did not suppose it would
be passed, as people were very jealous
of their rights to spit wherever they
pleased. The Senate then adjourned
NEW USE FOR CORN FODDER.
An Important Discovery In Rcfercnco to
Thsm.
a most important bulletin upon the
value Of new corn product is now
ready for distribution from the Mary
land Experimental Station. Prof.
Patterson, the author Of the bulletin,
says: Prominent among the recent
discoveries which will be beneficial TO
agricultural interests, as we'll as those
more directly concerned, is the use Of
the pith Of the cornstalk in the arts
and in the construction of war vessels.
Corn pi,h has properties which for
many purposes makes it superior to
any other substance known. One of
the prominent uses TO which it is put
depends upon its ability to absorb
great quantities of water very quickly.
In war vessels its chief use is for
packing batween the inner and outer
Shell. This packing is put in under
pressure and it pierced by a projectile
it has the property Of absorbing water
and swelling with such rapidity as to
close the hole before water can onter
the vessel. The naval department Of
the United States government has
conducted extensive experiments with
corn plth for use In yessols, and the
results have been SO satisfactory that
it has been adopted and specified for
use in the reconstruction of all new yes.
sels. A number of European nations,
also have adopted it and others have
pml,lissions & for the. investigation of
.Iss, matefial$io 1 look III g. tD ITS atiJpt ION.
This extensive use of corn pith means
market for q farm product which
has been almost entirely wasted here
tofore."
The process for the extraction Of
the pslh, sss we'll as the new corn pro.
duct, is protected by natent. The
company controlling lhese patients
has operated one large plant in Ken
lucky during the past year, using the
corn fodder from 120,OO0 acres, and
| still has baen unable to supply the de-
| mand for the pith. The company is
now constructing three new plants;
ono in Indiana, and two in Illinois.
at this stage OF the development of
this new industry it is hard to predict
what effect it is going TO have upon
the agricultural classes of any COM
munity IN the vicinity of these "pith
extracting" plants. The corn fodder
Of hundreds Of thousands Of acres,
which has boon heretofore regarded
almost as a waste product, can now
be sold at prices that will induce the
farmer to increase his acreage of corn.
Not only can the farmer find ready
market for his fodder, but, after the
pith is extracted, the residue is ground
into most excellent and profitable
feed. 1t is upon the value of this pro
duct as feed that Prof. Patterson
has been experimenting. He says:
"Field cured corn fodder, after hav-
| ing the ear removed, contains about
one pound of pith to every ID or Is
pounds of blades, husk and stalk. In
the process Of the ex tractio Of the
pith, the blades husk are first remov.
ed and the stalks are cut up into small
pieces. After the extractson of the
pith from the stalk what remains is
ground up into meal, which in gener-
al appearance resembles coarse bran,
dried malt sprouts, or brewers grain.
This ground material is termed the
new corn product and is the material
which has formed the basis for the
investigation, the results of which are
given in Bulletin 43. Considering the
fact that these products form 50 largo
lasproportion of the fodder it is i'm.
portant to know the value of them in
| order that farmers may get as great q
return as possible for their crop.
''The results of all tests made show
the new corn product to be a valuable
stock food. They show it to be
richer in composition than the
whole fodder and the food com
pounds more digestible. The new
corn product contained moro pounds
of digestible food per hundred pounds
Of the original feed than does whole
fodder, corn blades or timothy hay
Rations compounded with the new
corn product as base are eaten we'll by
cattle. These rations are moro digos-
tlble than the same grains fed with
fodder blades and will produce moro
gaia in live weight per hundred
pounds of food fed than the fodder
blades ration. Such nations are moro
easily fed and thero is less waste than
in feeding in the ordinary manner.
This now corn product is in such
shape that 1t can easily and uniform
ly be mixed with any kind of ground
grain or any of the by.product cattle
foods SO common on the market. BY
its use as a base it is possible to mix a
complete and normal ration for stock
In ono bulk aud which can be fed at
ono feeding, so obviaiing the necessi-
ty Of grain and hay separately. This
is thing that has not been possible
heretofore with any class of food pro.
ducts on our markets in the shape in
which they existed. Rations mixed
in this manner are rs staple and pos.