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Husking from Standing Stalks. — It is in the West 

 and South only that stalk husking is to any extent 

 done. But the end is in sight for it in both sec- 

 tions. It is too great a waste for economical, wise 

 farmers to approve. There has been reason for the 

 practice in the West, because of large acreage and 

 little labor. This, however, is righting itself. Crop 

 rotation is working a change that will not only 

 make farming pay better, but will increase the value 

 of the corn crop. 



While cattle and horses secure much feed from 

 fields after the corn is husked, they nevertheless 

 leave much, because frost has bit stalk and leaf 

 and maturity has hardened and made unpalatable 

 the penned-in food of the dry, hard, wooden 

 stalk. 



Hogging Off Corn. — While the practice of getting 

 fall hogs ready for market by turning into the corn- 

 field while still green is not new, it is a method not 

 generally followed. There is a feeling that hogging 

 off is wasteful and poor economy of labor and 

 effort. But I have not found this to be true. The 

 facts clearly indicate that the custom economizes 

 labor and expense and the hogs do better. And 

 that is the point — you get the most pork at the least 

 expenditure of money. And what is more, the prac- 

 tice is past the experimental stage. Practical farm- 

 ers have proven it through their own experience; 

 and our experiment stations have verified these 

 conclusions. 



Not only do hogs produce more with less grain 

 in hogging off, but they actually mature in less 

 time than when pen fed. It is not unusual to save at 

 least a quarter of the fattening period where this 

 method is followed. I have found also that it is 



