The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-09-13
CORN ITS VALUE,
from the Southern Cultivator

FROM 'he southern Cultivator.
me .'eor9ia Experiment S,,,,ou
places The value of cornstnlks ~
Georgia at about one and n h,lr nil
non 900, 0OOO dollars per yeny. A.
ieast 10 per cent. of this il wovtod ~,
Delhg lc1t in the field TO rot w,thomy,
materially bcnelitiny the soil ~ q fon
tillzer, yet very much in the wov vhIo
cultlva'lng the crop the followinn vnor
While this waste is going on Tho n"n.
mans stock is left almost TO nor;s,, pUUi W,
on dead grass during the winter months
ana lhe wealtby mans cattle feed upon
cotton seed hulls and meal, sometimes
to eat timothy hay, raised, cured, bnlcd
and shipped from some other State
the same costing from $l5 to $40 per
ton.
Last September | bought an inter-
est in Il Mccormick Shredder, cut.
shocked and shredded eighteen acres
of corn, having sufficient to winter
sixteen COWS and two mules, usiur no
other forage, besides having to feed
cows through an unusually lone winter.
| wntcred four other cows (not NV
own) upon cotton seed hulls and meal
at cost of from 50 to 81. 80 per month, ,
Comparing cost on the above: n
half dozen hands can cut and shock
eighteen acres Of corn in day. Six
hands could with difficulty pull fodder
from about one-third as much ylound. .
and fodder curing is generally accom-
panied with great deal uf risk. The
corn, if well shocked, will not in lure If
rnincd upon for two weeks, fo1 it should
be shocked as fast rs cut.
From The CultivatOr see that hoes
are used to cut the corn. My plan is
to break the hook from an old scythe
blade, batter down the hook end and
bind with padding for handle. This
will be found to have the right length
and weight and serves the purpose
much better than Il hoe, us the
corn may in this matter be iald in
straight piles, and gathered easily for
shocking, y careful hand should
start the shock by placing two arm,
tuls CT the cut corn together with the
| butts placed firmly on the ground and
the tops placed well together. The
shock thus started resemble the letter
\. Aftcrward the other hands may
gather up the corn lying near and place
| equally on all sides.
In bottom or very big corn, a ladder
Of three "r four riScrS may hr used in
! order to reach the top to tic securely.
In fOul to six weeks shocks with two
to three hundred stalks in them Will he
ready for the shredder. In case the
Shrcddiny cannot he done at the cX.
| plration Ot the curiny period three on
four shocks at II small cost may be com.
hined, and then the shrcd,lng may b,
| postponed indefinitely V. This corn WI
not mjurc If the tops are well pressed
| together and the shock shaped to shed
| the rain.
BE sure the corn is well cured before
Shrcdding, and use Il GOOD shredder. (I
use the Mccormick and find that it does
more than is claimed for itD With q
Mccormick Machine, run by a six
horse power engine, ! shredded from
two to three tons per hour at the small
cost OF - cents per ton, including
| hauling.
TRY shredded corn one year and vo,
will continue shrcddlng. doubted
the cXpcdicncy (othcrs willy at first pu,
was convinced that shrcdding is more
profitable. The same amount Of corr.
IS heavier than corn harvested in the
usual way from which the fodder has
| been pulled. Cattle Will fare better
upon it and fattcn faster than when
feet upon meal and hulls
+. \. WIEDIH.
| Forsyth. Ga.