The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-12-26
DOES IT PAY TO SHRED SLOWER
BY C. J. FHiweber, Of n c Service
Bureau


ing value. Pref. Henry of the Ur.-
versity of Wisconsin has conducted
experiments which show that shred
ded slower is about "a per cent more
valuable wien fed to mich cows than
1t is in the uncut form. 1t is also
estimated that about rs per cent o.
the feeding yalIe CT corn stalks is lest
by allowing tie stocts to stand In tie
field two months Allowing corn to
stand in the fi-ld not only decreases
it's value, but it increases the difficult
| ties Of the catt e.
Just remember that every time You
carry an armful CT stalks into the barn
20 per cent of the digestible nu;r,-
ments contained in the feed go for the
/ production of physical energy neoes-
sary for doing external work, 43 Per
cent is used for keeping up the body,
| and q per cent is returned in the
milk pail
II you handle your corn crop prop
erly you will find 81 per cent of the
total nutrimeDt in the stalks, and 63
per cent in. the ear, but if you allow
the shocks to stand in the field to be
beaten by the winters storms, you can
expect to lose anywhere from IS rer
cent to SO per cent of the total feeding
value of the stalks. On the average
acre from two to three tons of slower
are grown. In the stalks produced on
an acre OF average corn, there are app
proXimately So pounds of prote Z,
|
pounds of ether extract. A steer
weighing 600 pounds requires one
half of a pound of protein, pounds
Of carbohydrates. ands about ene-teDth
OF POUND of ether extract daily.
| Figured to an exacthess, there are
| carbohydrates enough IN an acre OF
corn to last a steer ten months, ether
extract enough to keep him in proper
condition for eight months, and pro-
tein in sufficient quantity to sustain
him for six months.
Probably the only argument against
shredding is the cost of preparation.
When figured in dollars and cents, the
cost Of husking and shredding with a
machine is practically the same as for
hand work. Figures compiled by men
who feed whole STALKS, by users CT
shredded slower, and by the owners Of
machines give the following facts:
Cost Of husking Is acres of shocked
corn. and getting the fodder in stack.
The quality of corn used for the basis
Ct the following tables is slightly
above the average, forty bushels to
the acre being taken as a standard.
The cost Of labor is figured at current
rates.
Cost Of husking 1000 bushels
by hand at cents a bushel. $40 %
Board for man during husking,
averaging so bushels per
day, for q days at $3.50 per
| week 10 Nv
lCost of handling husked corn
and fodder from the field,
men and team, 5 days at
$500 per day each for the
menand $3.50 for the team. q SO
Board for men for days, at
Is cents per day. 50
Board for team for days at
so cents per day. ........... 50
Total cost of getting corn In
crib and fodder in stack. s91 q"
Cost of husking and sbredding Is
acres of corn, figuring the yleid az 40
bushels per acre. and an average days
work at 800 bushels. ten-rcll husher
land shedder working under ideal con-
ditions has husked 1000 bushels of
corn in a day, but to be conservative
I've are reducing these figures consider
ably. We are also figuring the cost OF
doing the husking and shredding
strictly on a bushel basis. In many
localities owners of huskers and shred
Iders prefer to work by the day rather
than by the bushel. - ;
For hire of husker ard shred
der, including the services
of engine, 1000 bushels at
cents $40 o.
Three men pitching in the
field, ~ days at $500 each
per day Z 50
Six men to haul slower from
the field, IL days at $500
each per day. -. ......... 10 90
iSix teams and wagons for ).
drawing slower to the ma
| chine. liz days at $3.50 per
day per team. ............. II Is
Fuel 8 50
lone man for shoveling corn
into crib. ~ days at $500 -
per day ~
board fer fourteen men, 1K y
days at IS cents per day.. IL ~
Feed required for six teams,
I ~ days at so cents per ~
team SIS
I
Total .-.................$9 85b
$9S.75 minus $91.00 equals $7.75l Or,
cost of shredded slower. Since two.
tons OF slower are produced on an acre,
and twenty-five acres are shredded.
City tons of shredded slower are Be
cured. AS s7.75 was the cost Of Tie
shredded slower, the expense OF doing
! the work with machine when dis
tributed amounts to approximately
is cents per ton more than the cOst Of
husking by hand and OF stacking Tho