THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
STS 
FEEDING CORN STALKS. 
THE ALBION SPRING TOOTH SULKY 
In some instances, three-fourths of the 
corn-fodder is wasted by frost and docay in 
the field; by mold in the barn, and by the re¬ 
jection by the cattle in the yard. I believe 
this lass is almost wholly needless. A recent 
experiment has convinced me of the folly of 
those who feed long stalks, when hay and fod 
der have any considerable value. If I state 
the experiment referred to, some will probably 
be surprised at my former ignorance, and 
others at the evidence which proves that the 
number of animals in the stock yard may be 
largely increased without any considerable itr 
crease of fodder, by simply adopting a more 
economical method of feeding good corn stalks. 
This remark will especially apply to a large 
class of farmers in the Middle States, who grow 
considerable corn. 
Previous to my experiment my cattle had 
eaten a part of the husks, most of the blades, 
and none of the stalks below the tassel joint. 
With a common cutter, I cut up a bushel of 
stalks, one-and-a-half Inch and fed them to a 
Jersey cow. From the manger I took tliree- 
and-one-quarter quarts of orts in the shape of 
large butts and tough joints. If the machine 
had crushed the stalk and cut half-inch lengths 
I am confident there would havo been much 
less waste. By the above test only one-ninth 
of the fodder was rejected, instead of one-half 
as by my previous method in feeding. I have 
been examining tbo subject for economical 
reasons, and am somewhat surprised at the re¬ 
sult. I find an acre of corn yielding 50 bushels 
of grain, is estimated (Prof. Atwater) to give 
6,500 pounds of green fodder, of which 7t per 
cent, is water. In the curing process 31 per 
cent, of the moisture disappears, leaving the 
weight of an acre of cured stalks 4,485 pounds. 
Two bushels of cut fodder fed both nights and 
mornings, and one bushel at noon, prove an 
abundant supply for my cattle. The five bush¬ 
els in the daily ration weigh 31 pounds. If 
an acre yields 4,485 pounds of fodder, then 
there will be 140 daily rations for one cow, so 
that one acre of stalks, from a good crop 
should keep a cow. with addition of meal, for 
about four moutlis aud a half, instead of two 
months ami a half when fed as good long fod¬ 
der, aud a much less time when injured by 
frost or storms. 
By tables of analyses it app ears that 31 
pounds of corn stalks, if all were eaten, fur¬ 
nish food elements nearly equal to 20 pounds 
°f hay. 6 
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