The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-02-06


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agriculture Requests
esers 80 Give she Ssv
rrial--As 60 the cattop
6 Durinr the Past ssonsa
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xEsr or AaRIcULrURn.
ATLANrA. Feb I. 1883
pSp CORN STALKS
litter of much Importance 60
again call their attention Co
em xalue Of the Germ stalks
nding and wasting ia tho
y are shredded and usea
haye recently bad q con.
With gentleman who IS now
az be can make OF this forage at
ln IN carload lots. aud $is ton
&ller quantities. His experience
~4s'that re- Il To q tons Of shredded
fodder can be made to the acre. accord
ing to the size ana number Of plants,
and that largs Faachine will GU each
day the product from six to I2 acres.
ac)g course in both cases tho ausn@ il
Determined By the quality az Yield Of
the corn crop. Il has been ascertained
that the larger mssainas accomplish
more profitable and more satisfactory
Work I ban the smaller ones, the stalks
belHg o thoroughly cut and shredded.
schines being portable. if one
er cannot afford the higher price
1cistne larger machine a combination
OF farmers can invest IN one aud thus
BY moving from one farm to another
the stalks for 8 neighborhood may be
converted into Wholesome and nutri.
tive food. Or, as suggested before. eut
man may own such machine and by
working al farms in esach during che
fail and winter the entire crop Of corn
stalks may be shredded without expense
&c the own&z al sfrange proposition.
but nevert9 hless true because the toll
may be pgd u kind, and is taken froIn
al otherwise WORTHLESS product
AZ the experiment station farm the
stripped stalks which had been left
standing GA the fields until January,
We're hauled no and shredded. The pro
duet was not only readily eaten ty he
farm animals. hat upon ANALYSIS was
found GO contain more nutrment than
an equal amount az The cottonsesd
nalis, now So r9ppiar as stock food
The shredded fo00er ass this additional
advantage over me malls. il Is mpch
more reiiahed b horses aud mules. as
well as CATTLE and there Is not the aatae
precaution neees AIRY il feeding its 1t
y We known b. those&vho feed cotton.
seed hnils that tasta Is Hanger Of its be-
cenling compact 4. il fed III too large
quantities and that il is always safer
% mT & With os1sf more Concentrated
food siuas
Inc ntiilxatien oi sueh q tfaniandous
siaantity st 6prage viii enable as not
onlyifo raise mere ard better cattle ana
faFp X for bone use. but viii give
lpefus 81 Stock raising for export
There is growing demand from the
Ness fQr southern cattle, and with this
enormous addition "a our food stnffs. a
comparatively large number of beeves
may be successfully raised 70 meet this
market without drawing too heavily
upon The other Resources OF the farm.
Thus VIII be opened new source
81 income fer the south and also
The foundation BE laid for a direct
expectation 70 Eurpre Of thousands of
soutl8fn raised beeves We have every
aaFa4 ta0e q climate aud transporta-
fiod aud once the business gets 4 firm
foOtlioid. we can scarcely compute its
benefits tQ the SOUTH Our superior sifu. (
otion and environment will give us an
Immense leverage over onr Western COM !
petitOrs. This plan Of shfeddino and /
utilizing the otherwise useless corn |
stalks is growing f. favor each DAY ana |
the time Is coming when the shredded |
fodder VIII De much 40 article of |
commerce as ste popular cottonseed
bulls, once CONSIDERED equally WORTH |
less
THE cotton ACREAGE.
We have no new arguments to offer /
on this subject on.which hangs the pros. /
perity, pot Of Mariners osly. but Of I
the whole sos "a we may say. of the /
country at large. In ths successfu3 ana /
profitable handling and marketing OF /
our cotton crop 81 farmers, buyers.
manufacturers and others we include a
very large per cent Of oar national pop- /
a lion, and Therefore tine decision of /
~ farmers as 70 how much cotton they /
VII nnceftake - raise in '88 is mat /
ter Of almost as much Importance to the /
whole country as TO themselves This |
70 some extent affects present |
conditions also for as soon as il becomes |
known that large crop is to be planted. /
ths price either continues depressed or /
falls lower; whereas, If reduced area |
Us decided on prices and the general /
cotton trade show favorable tendency. |