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whether the fodder is saved and the method by which it is 
saved. If the fodder is not saved the cost will be three 
cents a bushel for husking and cribbing, and on the assump- 
tion that corn sells for 30 cents a bushel, * * * then the 
food must be 10 per cent more effective simply to repay us 
for the cost. If the fodder is saved the cost of husking will 
be doubled and 20 per cent will have to be added to the 
efficacy of the food to balance the cost of the process, and 
more must be expected if a profit is to be received. The 
second additional cost will be the loss of leaves, as the result 
of husking in the field after the fodder is partiy dried. This 
loss is a material one and involves the most digestible part 
of the food. It is difficult to estimate the value of this cost, 
but when added to the third loss, or the risk of the influence 
of rain with its leaching effect on the fodder through neces- 
sary delay in housing the fodder while husking the corn, it 
is safe to say that $1 per acre is involved, or two to three 
cents a bushel of corn.” 
FIG. 37.—HAND HUSKING PIN. 
There are conditions on the farm where it 
would be wise to profit by the above arguments, 
especially where steers are to be fed in the feed 
lot, to be followed by hogs, or where the entire 
cured plant is to be run through the feed cut- 
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