Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-09-10
FEEDING GREEN CORN.

From MalaceS' Farmer
Owing to its high price this year farm
ers will naturally be anxious to get their
hogs ON corn feed. Many OF them will be-
gin feeding az soon as the corn is in roast
ing ear. They will note with satisfaction
how the hogs relish it, and as they are
eating roasting ears themselves with great
relish. they will conclude that what Is
good for man is good for the hog. II they
Will note how many ears of corn they can
eat at one meal even in connection with
other food. they may possibly get some
idea of the number OF ears a hog can eat
II fed on roasting ears alone and given the
opportunity to eat I'LL it wants Then II
they will compare this with the number
OF ears they could eat II the corn was we'll
niat,ired they will perhaps get some con-
ceptiOn OF the waste of this sort of feed
Ing,
lf they will remember how corn that Is
killed by frost even after II is too hard
for roasting ears shrinks before husking
time, they will get another conception of
tho waste i'm feeding roasting ears 10
hogs. II they will sill further remem-
Der that fourff of the dry matter in
corn Is put into the plant bctweent asseling
time and full maturity. and that this dry
matter is constantly increasing up to ma
turity. they will be able 10 look at the
waste from another point of view
Rather than feed corn until 1t is fully
dentcd this year we would either let them
run grass feed them ration of oats
or barley These grains are both high In
price. but no higher relatively than corn.
and with tins advantage That you are
feeding the fully naturcd grain inStead
of grain with not half its normal amount
of food value.
Another point There VIII be great dan
ger this year in Introducing hogs too sud
denly to corn. whether fed IN the form of
roasting ears or when fully matured 1t
is not without significance that cholera
appears about the time that farmers are
feeding their hogs new corn We do not
for a moment believe that cholera can be
developed In any other way except by the
Introduction of the germ, but u number of
things that are often mistaken for chol-
era and are not germ diseases can be de-
veloped by a sudden change OF feed.
Hence we assume that a good deal OF the
so-called cholera In the fall OF the year
is nothing else than serious Indigestion
brought about by a sudden change of
feed--from old corn to new. or froin grass
and skim milk to new corn.
1t is a maxim among all feeders that
changes of feed should be made so grad
ually that the system is not conscious OF
the change. The farmer who turns his
calves from whole milk to skim milk at
once has nine chances out OF ten to grow
a poor calf. The farmer who in ordinary
seasons keeps his hogs Oh old corn until
, 1t Is gone and then changes to a full feed
of new invites disease that he may mis-
take for cholera. The farmer who puts
his cattle at once a full feed OF corr
or grass will very soon be complaining
that his cattle are not doing well.
In all seasons make changes of feed
gradually. and II you must feed soft cor,
| this year be careful to feed only little
OF 1t at first and increase the amount very
gradually: but II you have to feed grain
| feed mature oats rather than immature