The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-29

ing machine company In the world took
/, nm bought his patents. spent several
wears and a large amount OF money ~
perfecting the mechanical principles OF
the machine making OF IL the successiui
vertical corn binder, thousands OF whlch
are now In use on Indiana farms.
The vertical corn binder makes II pos
sible FOR the farmer 10 Increase his acre
age and thus make more money a man
cannot cut and shock by hand more
than fifteen TO twenty acres OF corn. az
the rate Of an acre day. and this irni-
tation In the harvesting limited the acre
age that a man could take care or JUS.
as the amount OF grain that man couio
reap with the sickle before the invention
Of the reaper limited the size OF the
wheat field on the fa--7 Win the corn
binder. one man is able to take care OF
larger field. and this means great deal
70 the farmers OF Indiana. A machine
will harvest and bind seven or eight
acres of corn In a day. and II Is not al
all uncommon for one machine TO cut 100
acres The census shows an average OF
twenty acres OF corn to each farm IN IN
diana With corn harvesters In general use
n will be possible for each farmer 10
raise forty TO fifty acres. thus doubling
the corn crop OF the state. and II Will De
TO the interest OF Indiana farmers TO DO
this. in view Of the fact that corn $
twice as profitable as any other field crop.
as shown by the census
The Value Of the Fodder.
Doubling the acreage Of corn is only
| one OF the advantages that the Indiana
farmer can derive from the use OF the
corn harvester. This machine and the
husker and shredder Will almost double
the value Of the crop from each acre.
| Nearly half the feeding value OF the
| corn crop is in the fodder. as shown py
| scientific analysis. When the fodder Is
| fed whole. In racks or spread out IN the
barn yard or on the ground. the cattle can
only eat the blades. husks and tender
tops They cannot eat the stalk and vel
some Of the most important and valuable
/ az the food elements of the crop are
! locked up in the shell of the stalk which
cannot be masticated when fed whole
The husk,ng and shredding machine tears
this stalk up into fine shreds. so that
practically the whole OF IL Is eaten The
cattle relish IL and do well on II. actually
preferring IL to-fay. Thousands OF dairy
men testify that II will make more mill
than hay and II makes perfect sub
stitute for hay for growing cattle and
horses
Patent STOCK rooo oeCFeS
In the past few years an enormous
business has been built up In the manu-
facture and sale OF patent stock food
which are claimed TO prevent cholera Il
hogs and to stimulate the growth an
fattening OF cattle. One Of the most i'm
portant ingredients OF some OF thes
foods" which have been analysed
made by grinding the joints OF cor
stalks. Some OF the people who hav
discovered this use OF the humble cor
| stalk have raised a hue and cry over IN
discovery OF a great fraud; yet Thousand
OF farmers who use these foods testif
70 their value and keep on using then
without knowing what they are made o
| The simple fact IL that the Joint contain
food elements which the animals meet
and when they get these elements the
grow better and are more healthy. b.
why should tho farmer pay fancy price
for patent stock food when by using
shredder he can make II himself and fec
II in large quantities instead OF In mel
nibbles7 This secret of the patent stoc
food trade explains some OF the remarks
Bile results that dairymen have obtains
from feeding shredded fodder. Chemic
analysis also explains these results
showing that the fodder is rich In certa
mineral elements OF food in which Il
corn itself is deficient. and which a
also lacking in the blades and husks.
The Value Of EnsiIase.
Ensilage Is one OF the most profitab
feeds known Every successful dairyma
who can AFFORD II has a silo and fec
his cows ensilage during the winter. aloi
with their dry feed. Ii seems to stimula
digestion and the secretion o. milk. r
COW Is a machine for converting feed In
milk. and the more feed she can conve
into milk the larger the profit for h
owner The chemists show that while
corn IL still green the juices contain
soluble form many nutritious elemer
which turn into ''insolube" fiber WI
the fodder has become fully ripe. I
silage preserves these juices In solui
form, so that they are not only say
and digested into milk. but when IN
!. reach the cows stomach they also aid
- the digestion Of dry feed. which In eat
along with the ensiiagc.
Before the introduction OF the corn HI
vester very few farmers could anord
nut IN ensilage. The work OF cutting
corn by hand required 80 much labor u
a silo was impracticabIe except In loca
ties where the necessary hands could
had on short notice. and where the Tar
or could figure a profit on the large o
Law required. with the corn harvest
however. all this expensive work OF G