Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1902-09-26

pro6t, however. will be in giving them
an opportunity to learn the value Of the
small grains a : food for live stock.
The great trouble with most feeders
have bsen that they have fed too exclu.
sively : corn ration. especially to dairy
cows and ell sorts Of young stock, and
even when finishing stesrs and hogs.
A great deal Of this grain will bring 20
small . price in the market this year
that 1t will not only be cheaper feed
than corn. but 20 much better for live
stock, that We hope ct least It will be
the inauguration Of reform in the
feeding methods. i. s.5 \
h 70. begin with. sprouted grain. which
10 Of NO value whatsver to the miller,
has st least ons-half 70 two thirds the
vslue Of sound grain q feed for live
stock. Bleached grain has almost its
eutire value, and . mixture Of bleached.
sprouted and sound wheat that will not
sell for moro than 40 cents in the mark
st u worth moro than 40 cents AZ feed
otgrowing live stock on the farm. In
other words, the hog on the farm will
sivss moro TOR Il than the hog in Chica-
~
All this sproutsd and damaged grain
should be retained on the farm whore
ever there ID. live stock Of any kind to
eat it. We predict that the result will
be better lot Of pigs, better calves.
and fuller milk psils wherever this IL
done. and We hope that the the lesson
which farmers will learn In this year Of
damaged grain will lead to : much
larger use Of small grain o. stock food
in years to come.
There will, unless we should have ex.
ceptionally fine. warm weather. bs :
large amount Of soft and cha6y corn
this year. II will bs very extraordi-
nary piece Of good luck II one third Of
the corn grown north Of The south line
Of lows II not Of this character While
this corn will command : small price
In the market. twill b found very val.
liable q : feed for sll kinds Of live
stock. Il 10, in fact. better balanced
ration than sound corn, although It
will not go nearly % far ss sound corn,
acre for acre. To put our thought
clearly. we believe that afty.six pounds
Of this soft corn, when It Is dry, will
produce more gain than fifty -six pounds
Of sounds corn Of equal dryness when
fed to any kind Of young stock. The
best gains per day that We were ever.
able to make on hogs was made on just
this kind Of corn. We did not get :
large amount Of pork per acre. but We
had the thriftisst, healtiest lot Of hogs,
three or four lots, in fact, and on diff
erent farms, that we ever owned. and
yielding us, on account Of the high
price, the result Of . short corn crop,
the largest amount Of cash per head
that we ever realized.
Our advice, therefore. is for farmers
to CRIB their sound corn in good cribs.
It Is not q bad thing to have . good deal
Of old corn on hand. Corn. properly
cribbed, will keep better than almost
any other grain. There ID no fear Of
good. sound corn bringing very low
price compared with average years, for
the next twelve months In fact, we
think that the high price that the world
il. willing to give for good sound corn
will make 1t more desirable In the years
TO come to feed much more Of the small
grains than We have ever fed in Il :
past. The days Of 10c, 15c aud 2Oc corn
are past The days Of damaged wheat
and oats are not past: therefore, let us
learn al these various crops and grains
to the best advsntage.-W Wallace's
Farmer. 81