346 [Assembly 



In tlie month of September we cut up our corn with a large 

 corn cutter^ the whole hills, including stalks, blades, and husks, 

 are cut down, and 140 hills of the corn thus cut down are set up 

 in a stack in the field, and so on till the whole field is cut and 

 stacked. 



Oui- droves of cattle for feeding are divided in parcels or lots 

 of about 100 head of cattle each and kept in separate endomres. 



To feed 100 head of cattle we begin by taking from the field 

 of stocked corn, for half feeding our cattle as it is called, 8 stocks 

 of corn a day for each, four in the morning and four in the even- 

 ing- 



These 8 stocks are supposed to contain about twenty-five 

 bushels of shelled corn. 



This method is continued for about two weeks, but increased 

 daily until we can put the cattle on full feed. 



At the end of two or three weeks we give the 100 head of cat- 

 tle sixteen stocks of corn each daily ; 8 in the morning, and 8 in 

 the evening ; this is supposed to yield about fifty bushels of 

 shelled corn, which is fed out daily to the 100 head of cattle^ 



Our fields enclosing the cattle do not contain any sheds ; the 

 cattle run at large in all weathers. 



We have a wagon built with a large rack or crib placed on 

 .four low w^heels ; the rack is about 22 feet long ; the wagon is 

 driven in the corn field and loaded, and thence to the feeding 

 grounds, which are in the winter mostly brush or wood lands to 

 protect from storms. One man heaves out on to the ground the 

 stalks and corn altogether for each feeding as the wagon passes 

 round the feeding ground ; two or three cattle will often mess 

 together. 



The cattle are turned into the feeding ground about sun rise, 

 and remain until 2 P. M., and then passed out into a vacant lot. 

 About 12 noon, the drove of hogs are let into the feeding ground 

 which the cattle have occupied and been fed upon. 



