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sonable man may desire. And as crops of the above are invaluable 

 for all farming purposes, particularly in wintering cattle, you can 

 bring them out in spring to fill the pail, or bring down the scale. 

 Your yard will be filled with manure, ready for any crops you may 

 apply it to. 



FEED FOR COWS. 



An intelligent gentleman suggests the following: Sow your corn 

 broad cast, cut it when the ears begin to set, to be cured, and when 

 used, steamed; when properly steamed chop it up fine; mix with two 

 quarts of Indian meal to the bushel; give a little hay twice a week; 

 and, as cows like a change of food, give them once in a while, po- 

 tatoes cut up, (always cut them,) put a half pint of ground salt 

 upon a board for them to lick, once a week. Wash the cows all 

 over once a week; curry and brush them well three times a week; 

 keep them in dry airy situations, not exposed to sudden changes of 

 weather. If you wish to have the corn for fodder, you must take 

 great pains with it, for it is hard to cure. If you can afford it, have 

 a tight room, fill it with the cornstalks, and steam it with steam from 

 a boiler; that will cure it perfectly and make it a first rate feed for 

 cows, especially as regards their milk. A man who keeps many 

 cows may afford to steam the cornstalks. 



It would be a profitable business for a person to sow corn broad- 

 cast, cut it just as the ear begins to set, carry directly to a dry cham- 

 ber, w^here layers of poles of sufficient strength to bear a layer of 

 cornstalks about two feet thick are laid over each other, so that the 

 several layers may be kept apart for steam to penetrate the mass 

 thoroughly; thus fill the chamber (say about 12 feet square.) The 

 steam boiler might cost an hundred dollars, and the expense of fuel 

 and attendance would be trifling; a man may thus cure a ton a day, 

 the stalks being brought to the chamber in proper sized bundles. 



The boiler can be applied to the steaming of roots, hay, or any 

 other thing requiring steaming or boihng. After the cornstalks are 

 properly steamed, they must be spread to dry immediately, in some 

 convenient place out of the reach of the sun; when thoroughly dried, 

 then cut if up by the best cornstalk cutting machine; send it to mar- 

 ket packeu in flour barrels or other casks; these will be handy to 

 sell by retail, for persons keeping a single cow. The milk from 

 such feed will be pure and delicious. There can be no garlic or 

 onion in this feed. 



