The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-11
AS TO sHREDDINo CORN


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Questions and Answers.
Colonel r. J. Redding. Director, Geor.
gia Experiment Station, answered sim.
liar question some time since as followsi
No. l. In what stage did you cut the
corn for the shredder
Answer. About one week later than
the stage at which farmers usually "pull
fodder"
No. Q. How much can sin hands out
and shoch in one day.
Answer. Six hands can cut and shook
given area of corn as quickly as they
could pull the fodder and take 1t up"
and stack 1t and haul 1t to the barn. In
shocking 1t will DO necessary TO have q
sort of rough frame or "shocker," In
order to enable one person TO reach the
top Of the shock This ''shocker" is
made by taking piece Of sxa soantling 12
or Ia feet long, putting two legs In one
end or feet long, something like the
legs to ''saw-horse." The legs are put
in so that they can be taken out easily,
and about Q feet from where the legs are
inserted, ~ inch augor hole In bored
through the piece Of timber. and light
pin feet long Is loosely inserted to the
middle. This "shocker" Is set up ON Its
feet. the pin inserted and the corn Ia laid
In bundles In the four angles thus
formed, enabling the man who shocks
/ and ties TO stand upon 10. and reach the
top Of the shock to tie 10. By withdraw
ing the loose pin and two Legs, 10 can be
easily moved to the next shock.
8rd About how many stalks did you
put In shooki
Answer. About 100 20 400, according
to size Of stalkA
9TH. What did you use TO tie tho tops
together withi
Answer Common bagging twinA
such as Is used In bailing cotton.
9th. How long did you Let the shocks
Of corn remain IN the field before haul
iPg them up and shreddingH
Answer. Until fully dry. The time
win depend on the weather. Last year
1t 80 happened there was no rain on the
shocks for four weeks, by which time
the corn was fully dry and ready for the
crib and the stalks dry enough for the
shredder Care should be taken, how
ever. that the stalks be entirely dry,
otherwise the shredded stalks will not
heep well If put away in bulk.
eth. What per cent did the shredder
oh uok clean as 1t snapped the ears off
the stalks?
Answer. We did not use the swapping
ron, but used che large feed roll. We
shucked out the corn from the shook,
leaving the shucks on the stalk.
7th. Did any Of tho ears of corn dam
ago by QUITTING and shocking In the
the field?
Answer No
18th. We're the ears Of corn AS heavy
as when left on the stalks the "old
way"
Answer. We did not actually weigh
Che ears and make test to see If there
was any loss of weight of the ears of
| corn in the shocks as compared with
ears allowed to dry on the stalks, but
| from previous experiments l am pre-
pared to say that the loss will be very
small, II any at all; and II the ears should
be lighter, the loss Of weight In the ear
will be compensated by increased weight
In slower, so that there Is no loss.
9th. Did che stock eat the shredded
STALKS with relish?
Answer. Yes-espeoially cattle.
10th. How much per acre do you
think is saved by cutting and shredding
the stalks against pulling the fodder. "
and saving corn In the ''old way?'
Answer. According to our estima.
ton, based upon actual weighings, our
corn making as much as 80 to 40 bushels
TO the acre, there will be saved by shred.
ding the corn stalks about 40 pounds for
each bushel of corn, and these 40 pounds
will be worth not less than $40 to $l2 per
ton, or about 30 cents for every bushel.
This does not include the shucks nor the
blades, but 1t is intended to include
simply the corn stalks that are usually
left In the field when fodder Is stripped
of in the usual way.-Georgia Agri
cultural Department..