The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
shredding Corn.

shredding Corn.
 Southern Cultivator.
 I have, however, used both the Les
 lie" and "St. Alban" type of shredder head and like the work of the latter very much the best. though the Les lie" type did work that was satisfac- tory. There Is not any question at all about it. If any one will intelligently follow Mir. Teafs advice when to cut, how to shock and will shred when the stalks are fully dry. using a No. 2 B St. Alban saw head" type shredder run at 1,S00 to 2,000 revolutions per minute, and will remove the cast "guide" so as to facilitate the passing of the stalks and "snapping" of the ears (these machines were designed for Eastern corn-small, hence the ne- cessity of removing the guide" our Southern corn being largerJ, immedi- ately baling the "stover" in neat, com pact bales q use Sikes' Red Ripper press, it has done my work for six years without any cost for repairs), the result will be a large amount of excellent bedding that part of the stalks-about one-fifth-the stock does
 not eat makes, and the fact that it will all eventually go back to the land the best of fertilizers Of course, go
 
 will be fed to cattle, the beef marketed and the manure pure back on the land If, however, any one is not situated so as to utilize the forage in this way, 1t is not necessary to throw away so much value by leaving the stalks to rot in the field. Good, properly saved stover sells readily. where introduced, at fair price. Care exercised, as out lined by MT. Teal. insures a good quail ity under all conditions, and 1t can be properly done just as cheap as I have seen 1t shabbily done, and 1t is usually in cases wherd the proper care is not
 exercised that shredding Is not looked upon with favor. It was a "question" with me for one or two seasons how to get the shocks to the
 shredder. To take them up and load on an ordinary wagon was a big job;
 but finally solved" the problem, and 1t was in this way-I made a float to
 be used under an ordinary two-horse
 wagon: Take two six inch, pretty stiff poles, thirty-five feet long, lay
 side by side, cleat the butt ends three feet apart, and the other end just wide
 enough apart to allow going between the hind wheels; nail one six by ten feet long crosswise the poles just in front of the hind wheels (place the hind wheels on front axle and the
 front wheels on hind axle), and a sim liar piece just back of front wheels, and two or three other similar pieces at intervals the remaining distance
 between; then nail a similar piece lengthwise on either end of these, one
 six by ten and place other light plank
 between these pieces and you will have
 an excellent float" which suspend
 twelve inches from the ground under the wagon. Remove the coupling pole and fasten the hind hounds in the
 one six by ten just in front of the hind wheels, which makes 1t easily practi- cal for two men to furnish all the corn that a No. 2 B shredder will cut, the corn to be hauled as far as half mile and a No. B will shred. if properly speeded. just as fast as the armfuls
 can be placed in 1t. With this float" just drive in the field and go down a
 shock row" driving close up to a
 shock, tip 1t over on the float" next
 time drive to the opposite side of the
 shock, tip it over, and so on until the float" is full. When the destina tion
 Is reached the shocks are tipped off
 and stood up just as they appeared in
 the field. It don't require over two
 minutes to load shock, and less than
 half minute to unload them. If the
 shocks are fallen down (no excuse for Ihat), then use long Dand-spfke, pal
 ance the shock on same and tote 1t to
 float" Two men with a boy to "tail'
 1t can carry a shock that has three
 hundred stalks in it. and, as Mir. Teal
 advises, the shocks should be made
 just as large as win permit the ends to
 come to a cone shape. Yes, shred all
 the corn stalks. intelligently following
 Mir. Tears instructions. use q good
 shredder properly speeded and you
 will certainly be considerably to the good" A. w. Anders.