Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
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ABOUT CORN SHREDDING,
A Farmer of Experience Gives valu.
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Editor Southern Cultivator:
The forage question Is getting to be q
serious one: and some in this section
who have never before considered it.
are thinking this season Of shreddine
their corn stalks. For the benefit OF
these and others, you will greatly oblige
by giving a full discussion Of the sub
Iject in The Cultivator, noting particu-
larly the following points:
1. Will horses and mules do as well
on shredded corn stalks the year round
as they will on hay or fodder?
g. Recently I have seen it stated
that 1t Is best to do the shredding only
as the stover is needed. Will it dete-
riorate If shredded in the fall and kept
in bulk until used?
8. Is it liable to spoil when kept in
bulk?
4. What could person with good
shredding outfit afford to shred for 9TH
ers per ton? On the other hand
what could one afford b to pay per ton fol
shredding, in preference to pulling fod-
der?
s. What Is stover worth per ton as
compared with corn fodder and wit,
hay? Very truly yours,
J. B. WRIGHT.
Answer 1. We have from time to
time urged our readers to quit pulling
fodder, because it Injuries the corn, and
costs too much. We have urged them
to cut the corn and shred the stalks
and thus save not only the fodder, but
also the stalks and shucks.
Repeated experiments have proven
that the hay made from corn stalks is
about as good as any hay we can save.
Analysis shows it to. be equal in food
elements to clover or Timothy and
much more digestible than either
Stock of all kinds do as we'll when fed
upon shredded hay as upon any other
First class peavine hay may be little
better, but very little.
This Is not guess work, nor is 1t rea-
soned out from analysis. 1t has been
tried and proven over and over again
2. If the corn Is thoroughly cured
and dry when shredded, the hay will
keep indefinitely either in bulk or In
bales. There Is no danger whatever
except from water. Some recommend
a little salt sprinkled in as 1t is put
away, to make the animals more eager
for it. But this would be just as true
of any other hay.
You can keep the stalks until 1t is
convenient to shred, but there is no ne
cessity Of waiting after they are once
dry. -..-a-- a.>E.'s- !s--:...
g. There is no danger If properly
kept. Perhaps less risk than with any
other hay.
4. This Is a question Of local bearing
and personal convenience. Some shred
by the day. Some by the ton, some by
the acre.
A man can afford to pay 81 a ton. and
a shredder will soon pay for itself at
that. The help question often enters
into this trade. But 1t is certainly
cheaper for some farmers to hire than
to own a shredder. and 1t i' profitable
business to the pa running the
shredder.
II you think how much more forage
or hay a farmer will have when he
saves all, than when he saves less than
one fifth, you can see at glance how
It pays to save it all. What are we
farming for? To make something to
eat, feed with, and sell? Then, If we
have a crop Of corn stalks and they
are valuable to feed with and to sell,
Is It not wise to save them? We think
so.
S. Slower Is worth as much per ton
as corn fodder or other hay. 1t sells
readily at about the same price as NO.
2 Timothy. which Is the standard OF
pricing for hay. 1t will bring any
where from $12 to 500 per ton, according
to quality and location.
The stalks made into stover are
worth as much as the corn or ear crop
Not a blade Of fodder should be pull
ed in all this land. Pulling fodder Is a
luxury that costs too much.
We are glad to get your letter and to
know that you farmers are waking up
upon this important question. There is
more money to them in grass, hay, for
age and cattle than in cotton.
We hope you will encourage them In
this line; and see that they quit losing
so important a part Of their crops
Help them to get enough shredders In
the community to shred all the corn
stalks.
One great advantage in this business
comes from the fact that it is not nec-
essary to shred all at once or in any
given short period. If we'll stacked the
stoyer or stalks will keep long time
Shredding may begin in August or Sep
htember and continue all through the
fall and winter. Cotton seed have add
ed to the value Of the cotton crop
Stalks will add much more to the value
of the corn crop. This value will be
met doubled. Southern Cultiyator.