The Holt County sentinel., 1912-09-20
FEEDING CORN FODDER
esc.',Nente Snow that Corn Slower
Us Valuable N 7eef 'oiuetlo,--
Cen slower Ia ere o. the Macy
By.produsts Of IN, fam.

Prolit IL n staAid,.y VIII causes
men to engag" H. eu,ih one ~ more "
the many phases u. business y may
be- commerce, the iidus.'ios. ranNing.
farmins OF Bo.i.e otht! ACTIVITY. yet
when all - said, the pioht irIn. that
psrtict lar line 81 Nork Is ,is',l!" the
attractive feature toirpct,t u has
become SO stroEs Tat profit ia many
uhGertGkinSs In mao, only hy prac,is.
In. the stricteSt prinr'ries OF economy
and exercising unusual care In looking
after the small thibg. and Sha; might
he termed "ts.rroduris." Tor IN
stance. one OF the suurcrs Of the bark.
ers income IL thp small. increase In
the rate VI Interest on money loaned
over what IL cost him The same Is
true OF the FAIR The Increase IN
the value uf lard has necessitated
putting farming an more Of business
basis Il. ordrI - realize d profit on the
investment
Much has been said and written re-
gardine saving and utilizing the waste
products of the farm. and II Is en-.
couragine to note that more farmers
are making better Use Of all the prod.
ucts of their farms than ever before.
One pf the most serious wastes has
been the neglect TO save and utilize
the entire corn crop. The principal
market demand has been for the
grain. This. combined with an alum.
dance Of hay. has not been conducive
to the ugc Of corn fodder as a rough
forage. Conditions have changed the
past few years: among other things.
hay has d,anced IN price to such m
extent that II IL only good business
practice for farmer To supply his
roush forage In the form OF corn fod.
der and put his hay on the market.
Every grower OF an acre Of corn
should know the feeding value of the
entire crop II IN quite generally
known what returns can lie expected
fiOm the grain. bu, few farmers know
the feeding value of the corn slower
,stalks without the carsl. Reports
from the Nebraska Experiment sta.
ton ON experiments made comparing
combinations OF shellcd corn. snapped
corn. alfalfa and corn stoycr show
that when stoyer Is used M half
Of the roughagc II reduces the cost OF
gains on two.year old steers from ~
| to Is cents per hundred. The stover
was found To be actually worth $355
| per ton MS compared with alfalfa fed
alone AZ 5000 per ton. The farm value
| OF alfalfa and other hay crops reached
| q mark Of more than twice this amount
the past year, thus increasing the
value OF corn slower from $500 to
| S'..uO per tea.
With these figures before MS. II IL
| Plain to see that the corn belt farmer
10 real, citing one OF his important
sources Of income by letting his corn.
| stalks stand In the field. Considering
the small yield Of only one ton Oi
slower to the acre. the returns OF the
| American farmer would have been
increased millions OF dollars last year
II this what misht he called by.pro1uCt
had hepn saved. Coming back to the
individual former. he would have
rca'iE'i h!s prevention ~ this profit
| N'ring this summer II the time IN
plan on cutting the corn for fodder
this fail and utilizing tn the hest ad
vantage III" entire corn crop. We lind
tina, the Nebraska. bulletin No. 100
Jays; NY feeding corn fodder, We
utilize the stats and yet are put TO no
extra labor hrskine II. In fact, corn
can he cut with har> ester and put In
the shock cheaper than II can be
picked and cribbsd. inasmuch as three
cut and shock seven acres per day
Records from the farm department,
OF this experiment station show that
II costs Sils per acre 10 cut and
shock com, which figure does moi
allow for the wear aud tear on the
machine. Three cents per busite
should cover the cost OF harvesting
corn with n machine and putting |,
IN the shocks"
The logical way OF saving the corr
crop In to shred the fodder Extensive
experiments at the Wisconsin EXperi
ment station show that about u pei
cent Of the feeding >alhe Of fodder Il
lost II left exposed To the elements
by shreddinp and storing. this loss vii
he prevented, The fodder IL also In 1
much more convenient form for hand
ling. and Is rclishrd more by the stock
Shredded fodder does rot occupy ~
much room for storing as TIE IN
shredded. and the stable manure 4
much easier handled.
In summing up the results OF vari
Gus feeding experiments with corn II
all forms II Is found that he hes
WAY In utilize the corn crop il 10 saw,
! the stalks either in the form OF ensil
age or shredded fodder, The record
~ the Nebraska Experiment Station
iispel any doubt as TO the economy 0
, harvesting corn by the use Of the cor,
. binder as compared with husking IN
I standing corn in the Hsid. Under III
a latter condition the stalks would b.