The Atlanta constitution., 1898-08-15

bushel for shelled corn the value or the
duced by one acre yielding forty bushels
of corn would be approximately as in the
following table. No W.
TABLE w.
Parts of corn plants.
Nos per acre.) Per acre. Whole.
J. / Butts. :. .'lS92 S2 III tia
8 Blades from butts. :. :. 357 61s
L. Blades from tops. ~ 3.to
g. shucks. including shanks 6.s n1S 1S
: + G4sia''i Grsie 90 bushelsj.:. .22lS ssTS Z
y. GODS. ooV ~"
The above proportions would vary, OF
course according to the season ihey
are the result of careful weighngs t,i and eS, tn
Inmates of plants taken from llela IN IN
which the crop was what might Dc caii9Id
q full crop, or 'as good as the land Woulu
make" the seasons having been practlca4-
ly perfect
Application to a Georgia Corn Crop.
A good corn crop" in Georgia means
about thirty-six million bushels of sheiled
corn. Let US apply the above ngures 10 lmo
entire crop and see what me latnlel1 ,s,,iion
bushels Of sheiled corn at thirty-slx Dush-
oils to the ton IS about one million tons.
which Is 3S.77 per cent Of the total We%ight %
OF the corn crop above the ground Inc
total weight therefore would be two NIL
lion five hundred and eighty thousana
tons The butts and tops, or entire length
Of the stalks, less the tassels, constitute as
we nave seen in table 4, G.S per cent
of the whole, which would give as the TO-
tai weight of the corn stalks OF fuli
Georgia crop of corn seven hundred ana
fifty thousand tons. Think of the enor-
NOUS amount represented by these nG-
ures. 1t would load, at thirty, tons to the
car, 25 600 cars, when would make up
1880 trains of twenty cars each. 1t would
give every milCh cow in Georgia more
than two tons each.
But suppose we descend from great to
small, from the whole of Georgia to a
one-horse Nrmer. say ne plant" Ten
acres Of corn and gathers $50 bushels. II
he leaves his stalks IN the field. as IS Gus.
tomary. he loses about 6S00 pounds OF
cornstalks, or enough to give his horse
and three COWS each 800 pounds, or three
pose this be valued at $40 per ton, it viii
be worth enough TO pay for two tons or
guano at $3.50 per ton, Which is as much
as his guamo should cost MIN; N,o
The entire 10000 tons would, at so per
ton, pay for all the guano consumed by
Georgia farmers.
Practical Value as Cattle and Horse
Food.
Careful tests at the Georgia station and
elsewhere as well as in the stables of
large number Of practical farmers
throughout the, country: show be. beyond
cOrnstalk HAY, IS palatable and nutri-
tious food. Not SO good as clover or pea
vine hay. not so good as cldpeEaSe may,
but better. IN my judgment. than most
Of the western hay that Is sold In the
south. 1t is clean, free from weeds ana
briers and their seeds and is relfhed by
horses mules and cattle. With fair al
lowance of concentrated food, cattle do
exceedingly well on corn may, 1t IS not
particularly well suited for horses on ac-
count of Its great bulkiness-the horse
having Il much smaller stomach than
COW.
How To Save the Corn Crop.
The corn stalks should be cut down Just
above the ground when the grams hiHe
well glazed and deuttd or when the shuci<S
commence to turn brown ana the ears drop
downward. 1t may he better to say tndt
the proper time to curt is about a week or
ten days later tnau the period at Whidl
farmers usually pull fodder" in the old
way 1t is better to be little late than
It little early about doing the work. Cut at
the time Indicated, lhc entire corn stalk
including all its parts, contains more dry
food matter than at any previous period OF
growth.
tool. Cut down and shock up the same
day, putting 80 TO 200 stalks IA each shock
Make a "shoeker'' rs follows: Take a
piece of scantling 3X4 inches and u TO IA
feet in length. Pat two legs, eadh TO
feet long, in ono end, like the legs OF
saw horse. Bore a 1i2-inch hole through
the scautIng about feet back from the
:, ..,, and insert q ice.a pin or feet long
IN this hole The shocker is set on Its
stalks are laid IN arinfuis In the four cor
ners thus formed, and the man who stands
on uEle shocker can thus easily reach the
top OF the shock, in order to securely tie
it, Have a piece OF short ploW line, > feet
lons with a ring tied in one end. Throw
This around the shock, using the ring for
moose, and draw quite tight Then ne WIN
common tWine, or, better tarred binding
twinc Common halng twine Will answer;
See that the top Of the shock is sharp ana
close Leave the bottom of the shock open,
so that the air can penetrate freely, Care,
fully put up as dircctea the shocks Will