Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1913-03-14
DOES IT PAY TO SHRED SLOWER
Cy c. ). Flilweher, Of ~ c Service
Bureau


1crsity Of Wisconsin has conducted
experiments which show that shred
aed slower is about "a per cent more
valuable VIXEN fed to milch COWS than
It is in the uncut form. Il is also
estimated that about 25 per cent of
the feeding value Of corn stalks is lost
. by allowing the shocks to stand in the
field two months. Allowing corn to
stand in the field not only decreases
its value, but it increases the difficult
ties Of the cattle
Just remember that every time you
carry an armful of stalks into the barn
20 per cent Of the digestible nutri-
ments contained in the feed so for the
production Of physical energy neces-
sary for doing external work, 43 rer
cent is used for keeping UP the body.
and p per cent is returned in the
milk pail
If you handle your corn crop p-op-
ely you will find 81 per cent of the
total nutriment in the stalks. and 6S
! 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
I expect to lose anywhere from 25 per
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 ap-
proximately IS pounds of protein.
1000 pounds of carbohydrates, and %
pounds of ether extract. A steer
weighing 1000 pounds requires one
half of pound Of protein, pounds
Of carbohydrates, and about one-tenth
Of a 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-
TEN 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 OF
shredded stover, and by the owners Of
machines give the following facts:
Cost of husking % acres Of shocked
corn. and getting the fodder in a stack.
The quality of corn used for the basis
Of 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 f
by hand at 4 cents a bushel. $40 90
Board for man during husking.
averaging so bushels per
day, for q days at $3.50 per
week Observation-Disclosures. 10 so
Cost Of handling husked corn
and fodder from the field.
men and team, 8 days at IA
$500 per day each for the
men.and S1.5O for the team q 50 {
Beard for men for days, at
Is cents per day. Z 50 ;
Board for team for 5 days at
so cents per day. ... so t
Total cost of getting corn in /
crib and fodder In stack. S9l M j
Cost of husking and shredding 20 d
acres of corn, Touring the yieid at 30
bushels per acre, and an average days y
work at 500 bushels A ten-roll husker C
md shedder working under ideal con- ?
litions has husked 1,CO0 bushels Of c
,orn in a day, but to be conservative s
re are reducing these figures consider !
IDLY. We are also figuring the cost of c
Icing the husking and shredding c
trictly on a bushel basis. In many G.
ocalities owners Of huskers and shred a
Iers prefer to work by the day rather
han by the bushel.
FOR hire of husker and shred
der. including the services II
of engine, 1000 bushels at s,
cents ..........- F7V w In
7hree men pitching in the W
field, ~ days at $500 each W
per day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 0O W
Tx men to haul slower from Iii
the field, ~ days at $500 W
each per day ..... ......-.. 10 W fC
tx teams and wagons for 10
drawing stover to the ma al
chine, IA days at $3.50 per ca
day per team. II . ia
uei ...........-..'.. w "a
ne man for shoveling corn
into crib, IA days at $500 q
per day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS oU tn
GARD for fourteen men, IA tr
days at Is cents per day. 10 is SC
eed required for six teams. su
IL days at so cents per di
team ....-.......'.''..' 90 yo
Isl
Total ................. :SSo.fo te
s9S75 minus $1,000 equals s7.75 or
,st Of shredded slower Since two
ms of stover are produced on an acre.
I'd twenty-five acres are shredded. .,
~ tons of shredded stover are Sc ~ ~
red. AS s7.75 was tire cost Of the
Iredded stover, the expense Of doing 70,
. work with a machine when dis A.,
ibuted amounts to approximately 70,
cents per ton more than the cost Of no
,.., ~, bond and Of stacking the I -