The Brunswick times-call., 1900-09-15
As TO sHREoolNo CORN
Agricultural Department Makes Conn
prctensive Reply TO an Inquirer.

i QUESTION, viii you please give nlS
some information III regard to corn
shrsddiugs
9"cstions and Answers.
| >oolonolR J Redding. Director. CSoos.
sia Experiment Station, answered a. SIN,
liar question some time since as follows
No. / Inwhat stage did you. sat tbs
corn for the shredder
/ ANSWER. About one week Iatev tEiilu
the stage at which farmers usually pull
fodder
No 2, How much oau six hands cut
and shock in one days
Answer Six hands eau cut and Shoes
u given area Of corn as quickly as they
could pull the fodder and stake it up.
aud stack it aud haul it to the barn. III
shocking il viii be necessary to have 4
sort.of q rough frame ~ ssshoeket. (, in
order to enable one person topeaeh the
! top Of the shock. This shooter IN
/ made by taking ejeoe OF ax4 soantlna ia
o. 4 feet long, putting two legs IN ona
aad o. 5 feet long, smashing like eli i,
] hags toa saw ,fsarse 9 The iegs age.bss
lsiu 50 ttas they can be ts.Han ont easifF,
and about feet tsoan wh6pesthe legs arc
inserted. llineh aageg hole Is bored
Through the piece Of timber aud light
pin feet long is loosely inserted % tire.
middle THIS .s4ooker Is set up On its
feet, tise pin inserted and thecdrn ii aaSla
Pc hpndles in the four aaAelas thas
fQrAie enahiins the man Who shocks
l'lsgld es to stans apon il, and reach the
he sfooA otie It BY withdraw.
itg Gae loose niiA aud two legs, 10 can be
sSeasily piovea Il next shock.
ard. Aloud hs9@ many stalks did you
put Ia u shockg
Answer About NO 1e 2t'g: Sacoording
10 size uf stalks. ~ ~
| Oh What nd yop ussase Die che tops
together With 81 IS
Answer 0oai0Aoo hag Irvine,
such as is used in bailine osttons
9th. How lcag dids You let tse shocks
Of corn remain in the fleld Befose haul
/ ing them up aud shgadding
| Answer Until fnuy dry, Tho ttne
| viii depend On tho weather Last year
j Is 30 happeaed there was no ratn on the
shocks for four weeks, By which time
/ the corn was fully dry aud Esady fos che
crib and the stalls dry enough foS the
shredder, Cars should Be taken, how
] ever, thet the STALKS BIZ entirely dry,
otherwise the shredded stalks viii not
keep well if put away 10 bulls
9th What per eeut did the shreddas
shnok cleen a. y snapped she ears off
the stalks?
Answer, We dbd not usa The spanplng
roll. bat used the lzsee feed. roll We
shucked out the corn from the shock,
leaving ti4e shsecks on the saalk.
7et Dae sny at the ears Of corn dam.
age by cuuttos and shocking iu he
tho feIdi
AIiswor No,
9Th. Wste tbs ears o8 corn as-heayy
a. wheu LETT on the stalks the ''old
way r.
Answer We I'M not .acsually wesgh
the eaEz and mako test 10 see If there
WIS. any loss n wssght Of the eacs OF
corn Ia the shocks Z compared with
ears allowed % dry tbs stalks, but
from pregious oxpe gsts / am pre-
pasod to Say that u ioss will be very
small, If any at all; add il ears should
be lighter tho loss Of waIabr-4a tho ear
viii be compensated byinereased weight
in slower, 30 that ehsre Is 10 loss.
9th. DID tia stock Eat tho shredded
Stake With relish
Answer Yos especially cattle.
i0th How much per acre do you
thini, is saved by quitting and shedding
tha st4iks aGginst pulling Tho fodder,
and ssytnes6orn in the old way
Answer According TO our essma.
ton, based rpon actual weighings, ouI
corn making az much as 30 to 10 bushels
to the acre, there Will be saved by Shred
ding the corn STALKS about 40 pounds for /
each Bushel Of corn, and these 10 pounds
will be worth not less than $40 TO Sl2 per
ton, on about 20 cents for every busnel.
This does not Include the shucks nor the
blades. but it is intended to include
simply the coru stalks that are usually
left In the field when fodder is stripped
OF in the usual way Georgia Agr.
cultural Department.
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