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the cost of which cannot be offset by the amount of forage 

 furnished by the husks. When husking is done from the 

 standing stalks, " lands" should be laid out and driven 

 around so that the buskers are always on the same side 

 of the wagon. This avoids husking many rows that have 

 been broken down by the wagon. 

 Convenient forms of husking pegs 

 and hooks, are shown in Fig. 43. 



315. Shredding corn. The use 

 of the corn shredder in the cotton- 

 belt is very limited. This machine 

 takes the stalks with the ears and 



husks and delivers the ears to a former is used for husk- 

 ing fodder corn, the lat- 



basket for storing, and shreds the ter for husking standing 

 stalks for feeding. The shredded 



stover is delivered to the loft, usually by means of a 

 blowpipe. In the cotton-belt shredding should never be 

 done except when the fodder is very dry; otherwise the 

 shredded fodder will heat. It should always be stored 

 under shelter after shredding. 



Many advantages are derived from shredding corn 

 rather than feeding it whole, chief of which are: (1) if 

 may be fed with much less waste, it being estimated that 

 " shredded stover will go 40 per cent farther in feeding 

 cattle than the whole stalks;" (2) it puts the stover in a 

 convenient form for storing and for feeding; (3) the 

 troublesome work of handling manure in which there 

 are long coarse stalks is avoided; (4) the ears are husked 

 with little expense. 



STORING CORN 



316. Cribs. Corn ears are usually stored in cribs 

 or bins although rail pens are used for this purpose in 



