The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-10
NEW USE FOR CORN FODDER.
An Important Discovery in Reference to
Th an.

An Important Discovery in Reference Il
A most important bulletin upon TIT
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 recen
discoveries which will be beneficial tc
scricultural Interests, as well as those
more directly concerned, IS the use o.
the pith c. :.io &c cornstalk IN the art!
andin the construction OF war vessels
Corn pith has properties which fol
many purposes makes it superior tc
any other substance known. One ot
the prominent uses to which it is put
depends upon It's ability to Absorb
great quantities of water very quickly
In war vessels its chief use is for
packing between the inner and outer
she'll. This packing is put in under
pressure and if pierced by a projectile
it has the property of absorbing water
and swelling with such rapidity as to
close the hole before water can enter
the vessel. The naval department OF
the United States government has
conducted extensive experiments with
corn pith for use in vessels, and the
results have been so satisfactory thai
it hes been adopted and specified for
use in the construction of all new YES
sells. a number of European nations,
also have adopted it and others have
commissions for the investigation OF
the material looking to its adoption.
This extensive use of corn pith means
a market fer a farm product which
has been almost entirely wasted here
tofore."
The process for the extraction OF
the pith, as well as the new corn pro
duct, is protected by patent. The
company controlling these patients
mas operated one large plant iu Ken.
lucky during the pas. year, using the
corn fodder from 10000 acres, aud
still has been unable to supply the de.
mand for the pith. The company is
now constructing three new plants
one 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 been heretofore regarded
almost as q 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 a ready
market for his fodder, but. after the
pith is extracted, the residue is ground
into most excellent and profitable
feed. It is upou the value Of this pro.
duct as leed that Prof. Patterson
has been experimenting. He says:
'tField cured corn fodder, after hav,
ing the ear removed, contains about
one pound of pith to every Il 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
p!th from the stalk what remains is
ground up into meal, which in gener-
al appearance resembles coarse bran,
dried malt sprouts, or bre wers' 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 Bauetin 43. Considering the
fact that these produces form 50 large
a.proportion of the fodder it is in
portant to know the value Of them in
order that farmers may get as great
return as possible for their crop.
The results OF all tests made show
the new corn product to be q valuable
stock food. They show it to be
richer IN com position than the
whole fodder and the food com
pounds more digestible. The new
corn product contained more pound:
of digestible food per hundred pound:
of the original feed than does whole
fodder, corn blades or timothy hay
Ratiops compounded with the new
corn product as base are eaten we'll by
cattle. These rations are more diges
tible than the same grains fed with
fodder blades and will produce more
gain in live Eight per hundred
pounds of food fed than the fodde,
blades ration. Such rations are more
easily fed and there is less waste than
IN feeding in the ordinary manner.
This new corn product IS in such
shape that it can easily and uniform
~ be mixed with any kind Of grounc
grain or any of the by-product cattle
foods so common on the market. BY
its use as base It is possible to mix {
complete and normal ration for stock
in one bulk and which csn be fec a
one feeding, SO obviating the Iecessi
ty OF grain and hay separately. Thi
is thing that has not been possibls
heretofore with any class OF food pro
ducts on our markets in the shape II
which they existed. Rations mixec
in this manner are as staple and pos
sesses as great keeping qualities a
cotton seed meal or wneat bran. An
imals fed upon such rations ate then
with relish and kept in normal con
dition at all times. Cows and steer
would lie down and chew their cud 3
naturally as when fed hay or in past
ure.