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to place two cribs 12 to 14 feet apart, cover them with one 

 roof, and use the driveway between them for a wagonshed. 

 96. Handling Bundle Com. Often corn is not husked, 

 but is fed in the bundle. When it is handled in this way, it is 

 cut with a corn binder (Figure 32) and shocked. It is then 

 either hauled to the yards as it is fed or stacked in very 



Figure 30. — ►Shredding curu fodder and storing it in the barn where it will be 

 convenient for feeding. 



narrow ricks. It is impractical to stack corn in large stacks, 

 except in cold weather, as it is likely to heat. 



97. Shredded Com Stover. In some instances, corn that 

 has been cut and shocked is run through machines called 

 shredders, which husk the ears and tear the stalks into fine 

 bits. Cornstalks are not made more palatable by running 

 them through the shredder, but they are made much more 

 convenient to handle and the corn is husked by machine 

 power instead of by hand. The cost of shredding the corn 

 is fully as great as husking the shocked corn by hand. The 



