The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-08-16
A>'G GEl>btNE CORN.


FIN IN time tma Yoat tn rnll attention
to thta anhien, tTlanr hna boon pull-
od to aara tM dry food for horsos.
Many think they mnat continue to pull
tor tina purpoae. Thoy think that
without fodder they would not know
how to feed. Thoy do not know or
remember that II vast ma iority of horses
and mules never saw fodder. That
none ever saw it until few years ago
comparatively. The corn from which
we pull fodder was moi known to the
farming world until recent period.
Even now its cultivation is confined
to small area. And very small
part OF those who grow corn ever pull
folder. This practice is confined al
most entirely to few Southern States.
Horses do as well with hay for
roughage as with fodder.
There is no use pulling fodder SIM
ply to get roughagc for horses and
mules. There are 80 many hay grasses
that make this kind of food cheaper.
There is no necessity to pull fodder.
Neither is it saving business. Habit
has taught us TO believe that we must
pull the fodder TO gave it. That we
would lose something if we did not
pull fodder. This is mistake for
several reasons. In fact it is loss to
pull fodder.
The blades are 80 necessary to the
life of the corn that it makes the ears
lighter TO pull them of for fodder. All
growing processes stop al once when
the leaves are stripped from the stalks.
ln
blades are green.
Fodder is always pulled before the
blades are all dead. The loss Of weight
is always about equal to the weight of
the fodder. 1t Is much greater when
the fodder is pulled little green as is
very often done. Here there is a
positive loss in value. The cost of
pulling and saving the fodder must be
| added to this loss. Fodder costs more
than it is worth. First is costs about
IS cents TO save hundred pounds of
| fodder, and the damage 10 the corn is
about the same; often 81. SO we see
each 100 pounds of fodder costs about
81 80. We see then that a farmer who
pulls fodder Is actually iujuriuy himself.
Throwing away money.
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roughage for oU- s:t<E What shall
we DO about !, W.. vou cannot only
stop losing. bu: yuu tau save money,
and at the same Tine have more rough
food. How Tan wc 10 that ? Simply
cut. down the whole stalk. DO this
about ten days later than you would
pull the fodder and YOU will save all
the fodder and have full weight corn
and have great deal more TO feed
with. The stalk and the shuck and
the sheath OF the fodder blades that
you do not get, are all just as good as
the fodder. Cut the whole stalk and
shuck it 50 that 1T will stand firm until
it dries thoroughly. This will take
from four to six weeks. Then YOU
can haul il to the barn and stack or
shred it.
| The shredder is Il machine that
tears the stalk to pieces and mixes it
with the blades and shucks SO as to
make ali excellent hay. Experiments
have proved that this whole stalk hay
is all excellent food. All stock cat il
freely and thrive upon it.
The part Of the cornstalk below the
car is richer IN food value than the
| top. The hard easing Of sileX, which
gives strength to the stalk, is very un-
pleasant to stock. II is often so sharp
as to cut the gums. The shrcddcr'dc-
stroys this, and the cattle eat it Freely
in this ground condition. The shred.
der will, at the same time, take off the
ear, either shucked or slip shuckcd.
If desired it will shell and sack the
corn.
Nothing is lost, the entire stalk is
made into food. Thus you have more
than double The roughness. The stalk
is worth about the same as the ear
crop. Why then should 1T be lost?
Again, pea vines, oat straw, wheat
straw, and any other hay material may
be run through the shredder with the
the cornstalks or separate. This is a
great ltcm of saving TO many farmers.
Oat and wheat straw arc about as rood
as fodder for stock. But when fed
whole or partly cut there is very
large waste. Run through the shred
der all is saved
Very many would like to use the
shredder; but as thoy are small farm
crs they are not able. What shall
they do? One shredder can shred
many crops. Several can combine and
buy one. Or one man can shred for q
community, for toll or cash.
While it is important to let the corn
get thoroughly dry before shredding,
when 1t is dry you can wait any length
of time before shredding.
We cannot say in one article all that
needs to be said about this great i'm
provcmcnt in saving the corn stalk
crop.
DO not pull any more fodder. 1t is
costly and losing business. Is SouMcyn
CultiratOr.
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