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fallen on it to check all flow of moisture. If put up at all 

 damp it will injure by heating and moulding. Much corn 

 is lost every year by garnering too early. Many cut it and 

 leave it in the fields to dry, and of course it will dry 

 sufficiently here if left long enough. By pursuing the 

 latter plan, much valuable fodder is saved for stock ; for 

 after it is shocked it is husked in the field, leaving the 

 stalks, shucks, and fodder for the cattle. This fed in the 

 rough, or" passed through a cutter will amply repay the 

 labor of saving it. 



Taken at the right time there is no part of the corn but 

 what is nutritious. The stalks are full of pith that are rich 

 in sugar, the shucks and fodder, while not being quite equal 

 to the best English hay, are better than any other of the 

 rough feeds, and the quantity from an acre is enormous. 

 Below is an analysis of the stalk, shucks and fodder, in short 

 just as it is usually cut and shocked, and to show its rela- 

 tive value, I have added the analysis of pea vines and the 

 best thoroughly dried English hay and wheat bran. 



This table shows, not only the valuable character of the 

 substances that are usually wasted and burned on the field, 

 but it also shows that pea vines, that are rarely saved by 

 any one, are for fattening purposes superior 'to the best 

 hay. 



Many fail to cut corn on account of the trouble, but in 

 no other way can as much feed be saved in the same length 



