Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-18

are husking some by hand and are
feeding some unhusked. Certainly the
cheapest way of handling is to feed
the shock corn without any expense
of preparation, and it is not wasteful
if there are plenty of hogs to fol-
low
My former practice was to put the
corn in large shocks and draw it in
during the winter as wanted for feed.
This would be by far the most econ
omical method but for two serious
drawbacks. One is that mice and rats
make sad havoc of corn left in the field
after winter sets in, cutting the bands
to make nests, throwing up heaps of
dirt at the bottom of the shock, and
wasting much of the corn: the other
is that after January / in the latitude
of southern Wisconsin the snow drifts
around the shocks so badly as to make
the digging out hard Job, or if thaws
come to melt the snow then water
runs under the shock and freezes the
butts Of the stalks SO tightly as to
make the chopping loose not only a
disagreeable job but slow and ex-
pensive one as we'll.
ITO obviate this difficulty we stack
ed the shock corn alongside the, feed
ing yard, when it was easily thrown
over the fence into the feeding racks.
Here again trouble sometimes occur
red by snow or rain driving into the
stack and injuring the fodder, and ev-
cry morning after a snow or rain
storm the job of digging the fodder
from the open end Of the stack was not
an NO ha 90
palatable nor did the cattle enjoy eat
on stormy days.
"The next thing we did was to build
a roof big enough to stack twenty acres
Of shock corn under, with a space left
on one side for the cattle to stand UNI
der out of the storm and eat their
ration Of fodder
"In this shed one can husk corn In
comfort almost any day all thru the
winter, if it is desired to feed the corn
and fodder separately. In this way the
husking can be done at odd times by
the regular help, thus avoiding the
rush of all husking and often the Iir-
ing Of extra help in order to get the
husking done before the bad weather
sets in.
For about five years we used a feed
cutter, first with tread and later with
self driving sweep power To this
cutter was attached corn separator.
so that we were able to have the grain
ground and feed 1t separate from the
fodder. This plan was nice SO far as
feeding was concerned, but It was quite
a task to cut the fodder, and it SEEM
~ To ooct an pn,,ch to handle II that
way that we packed the machine up
in the corner.
1--WE had shredder half day this
year, just to fill the horse stable loft
with fodder, being short of good horse
hay. We paid the shredders $3.50 for
the half day, and the husked 300 BUSH
els of corn, so that the husking cost
us between az and cents per BUSH
ell. We would have had to haul the
fodder from the field and crib the corn
in any case, SO the job was done as
cheaply as it could have been done by
hand. and the NOV is filed with the
shredded feed in infinitely better shape
to feed horses than large corn stalks.
"There is nothing the matter with
shedding corn If it can be done when
the corn is in the right condition, SO
It will not spoil In the NOV; but many
farmers have had the feed mould and
become unpalatable, and on that ac-
count have become disguised with the
shredder"
How to Raise and Keep Onion Sets.
Get the ground ready and in good
condition just as early as practicable
r1ly fhn SXh