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January 28, 
HOW TO FEED CORN FODDER. 
I have been interested in the discussion 
on corn raising, and would like to get some 
information on methods of curing,storing and 
feeding the corn fodder. I fill two silos, and 
have 10 or 12 acres of corn left over that 
I husk and feed the stalks whole once a 
day. The cows waste more than one-half 
as they only eat the leaves. As my hay 
crop is small I want to use this dry stovei 
to the best advantage. Is a corn busker 
and shredder a practical machine for a 
small farmer to use? Will the shredded 
dry corn in large quantities keep well in 
a barn mow or silo? Does the husker com¬ 
pletely remove the husk or just pull off the 
outside? o. s. b. 
Bristol Co., Mass. 
We feed our fodder dry—mostly to 
horses. We grew a variety of flint 
which makes a slender stalk with many 
leaves and suckers. This corn stands 
until well ripened, and is then cut in 
small shocks and left in the held until 
November. We have learned that the 
best way to get value out of corn fodder 
is to begin feeding it early. Many farm¬ 
ers hold it too long until it is dry and 
hard. Our flint can be husked in Oc¬ 
tober, and we begin feeding at once, 
hauling in small loads as needed. The 
horses eat the entire stalks, leaving lit¬ 
tle if any. We formerly raised, a large 
dent corn which made large, tough 
stalks. Of these the horses ate off the 
tops and leaves and left the butts. We 
then ran the stalks through a shredder 
which tore them up into long, soft strips. 
If this shredded fodder is sprinkled with 
waste molasses in water the stock eat 
all but the tougher parts and pith. In 
New England we would not raise dent 
corn for fodder. The machines for 
husking and shredding in one operation 
give fair satisfaction. It is doubtful if 
such a machine would pay for handling 
12 acres of corn. We would like to have 
experienced readers answer that part of 
the question. 
SPRING PASTURE FOR PIGS. 
What shall I sow next Spring for green 
feed for shotes weighing about 100 pounds, 
and what should be fed in connection to 
form a balanced ration? The porkers are 
to be sold about August. l. d. c. 
Erie Co., Pa. 
The earliest green forage can be had 
by sowing Winter or Fall rye, as soon 
as the land can be plowed, and put in 
first class order for seeding, sowing not 
less than l l / 2 bushels per acre. Two 
bushels will do better. If clover is de¬ 
sired sow clover seed at same time, 15 
pounds per acre. If the land can be put 
in order, this sowing can be done in 
March. But it may be better to do it 
the first half of April. Sown on this 
farm one time in April, the rye made 
pasture for pigs in a fortnight. The 
clover came on very rapidly. But little 
of the rye sown at this time will head 
out. At the last of June or early in 
July it will all die. If the land has 
been sown to clover and the weather is 
moist the clover will come on very rap¬ 
idly. This rye plan will not give pasture 
as long as the reader wants it for this 
lot of shotes. To fill up the gap rape 
can be sown as soon as danger of frost 
is past, sowing five pounds of seed per 
acre, broadcast, and covering lightly with 
a harrow, using Dwarf Essex rape. 
The rape will be ready for pasture in 
five or six weeks, and should not be 
turned on till it is eight or ten inches 
high. It may be best to make two sow¬ 
ings of the rape about two weeks apart. 
By the time one piece is eaten off the 
other will be ready. Then if the first 
plot has' not been grazed too close it 
will make a second grazing after the 
second plot is fed off. • The richer the 
land the heavier the growth that can be 
expected from these crops. Rape is a 
very gross feeder, and will respond in 
a wonderful degree to a heavy applica¬ 
tion of manure put on before the land 
is plowed. The best grain I know to 
feed these pigs, with an abundance of 
rye and rape, is corn. For one-half the 
feeding period use about one-half the 
corn' the pigs or shotes will eat. The 
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latter half of the feeding period feed 
full ration of ear corn. Soaking the 
corn will be profitable if arrangements 
are convenient. If it is thought that 
protein is needed use tankage, scattered 
thinly over a flat-bottomed trough, the 
trough placed under shelter, where it 
will always be dry, keeping the bottom 
always covered with tankage, letting the 
pigs balance the ration. This is a safe 
way and cuts out all labor possible. If 
clover makes a good start in the rye and 
the hogs can have the run of it there 
will be no need of buying protein. 
JOHN M. JAMISON. 
Ross Co., Ohio. 
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