SHREDDING 



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Many large and successful cattle feeders start steers on feed by 

 this means. By nosing over the fodder a taste of the corn is acquired 

 and soon grain in bunks can be supplied. By this time only sufficient 

 fodder should be fed to act as a roughage ; otherwise the waste is 

 excessive. When fed in the barnyard, a manger with planks or poles 

 arranged horizontally gives the best satisfaction. 



Shredding. 



Fodder cutters which clip the stalks and leaves into inch lengths 

 have been used to a limited extent. The shredder, which tears the 

 stalk into linear strips, crushes the leaves and husks the ears, is very 

 much used at present. Some machines husk the corn and elevate it 

 separately, leaving but the shredded stover. Fodder which has been 

 shredded is usually blown or elevated into the barn or else stacked 

 in a feeding rack so that it can be fed without a second handling. 



HUSKER AND CUTTER. 

 Used for removing the ears and cutting fodder which has been shoclied in the 

 field. 



Corn fodder is very unsatisfactory to handle in the stable, 

 and for this reason farmers have resorted to shredding, which 

 consists in cutting up the fodder into very short fragments about 

 one and one-half to two inches, or somewhat longer. When the fod 



