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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 huskers 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 com. — The use 

 of the corn shredder in the cotton- 

 belt is very Hmited. This machine 

 takes the stalks with the ears and ^^°;,/husSSk^ fhf 



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

 ing fodder corn, the lat- 

 basket for stormg, and shreds the ter for husking standing 



stalks for »feeding. The shredded °°™' 



stover is deUvered 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 



vmder shelter after shredding. 



Many advantages are derived from shredding corn 



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



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 



