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. and Cultivator, 
UTILIZING CORN FODDER. 
The ORIGINAL 
and leading 
The articles entitled “Utilizing Corn Fod¬ 
der” were of especial interest to me as it is a 
problem which I have been trying to solve for 
the past three years. I think that I have at 
last come to a solution which fits my needs 
very well. The custom in this section is to 
save only the blades of the corn, but I found 
that this made very expensive feed. In the 
first place if you hire the help to “pull fodder,” 
tie it up, etc , you really pay all your fodder 
would sell for. Then in hauling it from the 
field a great deal of the standing corn is broken 
down and left lying on the ground to rot or 
be lost at the general harvesting. This is also 
true where the corn is topped although you 
increase the amount of fodder obtained. 
Our land here is, much of it, light and bears 
but one stalk in the hill of large corn. Last 
spring I obtained a smaller variety of com and 
planted it upon about 12 acres of my lightest 
land with no manure, aud gave it the same 
cultivation asto the main piece. Justafter the 
corn was well glazed and the leaves beginning 
to bum a little, I had it cut up at the root and 
put in moderate-sized shocks. The yield of 
corn we found much superior to the main piece 
even where some manure had been applied to 
the latter. 
Of the large com many stalks had no ears at 
all in thin places, while on the other piece 
almost every stalk bore a good ear. After the 
corn is picked from the shocks I shall have the 
fodder stored for winter feed. I intend to cut 
and moisten before feeding. I have a silo but 
like to have some other feed to supplement the 
silage with my milch cows. I have fed dry 
stock and beef cattle on silage and cooked 
cotton-seed (crashed), with excellent results. 
My method for utilizing corn-fodder is this: 
first, plant a medium sized coni, with an 
increased number of stalks to the hill where 
the soil will admit of it, then cut aud shock in 
the field when the com is well-glazed, after 
cut into short lengths before feeding. The 
greater ease with which the manure can be 
handled and distributed is almost worth the 
cost of cutting, as the latter is done when we 
are not overworked while the handling of the 
manure comes when every hour counts. In 
sections where permanent mowing fields are 
rare and little good hay is raised; this fodder 
will be found to be very acceptable to the 
cattle. e. a. B. 
Talladega, Ala. 
I am more than pleased with the series of 
short articles which are appearing in the 
Rurae. Each one deals with some subject of 
great value to farmers. They seem to be 
written by practical farmers wbo give items 
from their own experience. The articles on 
“Utilizing Corn-Fodder” and “Manure From 
Straw "have been very helpful to me—each 
one worth the price of the paper. s. J a. 
Bucks Co, Pa. 
Why does not some inventive genius bring 
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is clumsy both for man and beast, nor does 
the ox get a chance to put out his whole 
strength. A light steel bow or other ar¬ 
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I suppose though t hat most of those who drive 
oxen are men who prefer to make their own 
bows. S. H. L. 
Berkshire Co., Mass. 
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