98 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



at an average of twenty-two dollars a ton, my corn-stubble 

 has brought nie, in cash, thirteen dollars and twenty cents a 

 ton. I get four tons to the acre. 



Question. Then your stover is worth more than your 

 corn ? 



Dr. Sturtevant. No, sir: I do not figure it so. I only 

 say, under those circumstances. This year my stubble is 

 not worth that, because I could not get the labor I wanted, 

 and left it in the field longer than I should. It was washed 

 somewhat by the rains. IIov/ much it was damaged, I shall 

 not know until I come to feed it; but I put it this year as 

 equal to about one-half the value of ordinary hay. I know 

 there is corn-stubble in my neighborhood that I would not 

 give three dollars a ton for, delivered, for its real value for 

 feeding. But corn-stover, when rightly prepared, rightly 

 treated, will usually pay for the fertilizer or manure used 

 on the crop, or just about that. 



Question. What time do you cut it up ? 



Dr. Stuetevant. As soon as the corn is glazed. I have 

 never cut too early yet. Every year I cut a little earlier 

 than the year before. 



Question. Do you consider that the freezing of corn- 

 fodder, as it stands, is a great injury to it ^ 



Dr. Sturtevant. The moisture of it is an injury, and 

 the freezing of the moisture seems to hurt it. If you give 

 corn-stover overhead protection, I don't consider that it 

 would be injured much by being exposed on the side to cold 

 and damp ; but I don't know that. 



Question. I mean freezing in the field, before we cut it. 



Dr. Sturtevant. I have always understood that it is a 

 great injury, but I don't really know. I always cut before 

 the frosts. 



Question. How do you treat your corn-fodder after it is 

 put into the barn ? 



Dr. Sturtevant. Feed it right out to the cattle, regu- 

 larly, without cutting. 



Question. Do you put it in all together in one body, or 

 set it up ? 



Dr. Sturtevant. I simply put it in wherever I have 

 space. When I get crowded, I pile it up ; but I prefer to 

 stow it rather loose. I put it in alwajs the day it is husked. 



