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prefer it infinitely to hay; and, if cut fine and mixed with bran, 

 it forms an admirable food for horses. 



Corn cobs are valuable as food for stock, and should not on any 

 account be wasted. I have been accustomed for years to have 

 all mine carefully salted, and ground during tbe winter season at 

 a neighboring tuill. To this I add about one hundred and twenty 

 five pounds of Indian n)eal and a little salt. Cattle soon become 

 exceedingly fond of it, and grow more rapidly than they would 

 on corn meal in its pure state. It is better boiled than raw. The 

 chaff of wheat, rye and oats is also kept, and occasionally mixed 

 with the corn cob meal. When fed, it should always be in a wet 

 state; otherwise the particles are apt to get in the animal's eyes, 

 causing inflammation, &c. Twenty pounds of corn cob meal will, 

 •when cooked, yield ninety pounds. 



Prof. Mapes made some remarks on the use of corn starch as a 

 food — thinks that the whole grains ground to meal is far more 

 wholesome. Millions of bushels of corn are now used for the 

 manufacture of corn starch— Kingsford's mills, at Orange, do it on 

 a great scale. The press described the process. 



Mr. Van Wyck — According to one of the l^st reports of the 

 Patent Office c.f the statistics of the crops of the nation, Pennsyl- 

 vania stood highest among the Atlantic States, noith of the Poto- 

 mac, for Indian corn— New-York next. The average yield, it 

 was thought, of the former State, would be fifty bushels per £cre, 

 or near it. This is certainly a great average yield for so large a 

 State At a former meeting of this Club it was stated, that the 

 probable average jield of Du'chess county, of this State, this year 

 would be from 30 to 40 bushels. From this, it is thought, that 

 the State may be safely put down at from 25 to 35 bushels the 

 acie. It was also stattd, that the corn crop of Dutchess county 

 is greater than any county of the State — so is her oat, grass and 

 hay crop, the number and value of her stock and donu^stic ani- 

 mals greater, except two counti(S, which go a litile ahead <if her. 

 This makes a market at home for sustaining and fattening animals, 

 which generally, with the manure gained thereby, gives a greater 

 profit than selling the feed in the raw state. 



