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December 20, 
Husking and Shredding Corn Fodder. 
On page 1155 H. A. C. of Pennsyl¬ 
vania wants the experience of some one 
on corn husking machines. I will give 
my experience and it is the same as all 
others in New Jersey. The fodder will 
mold if put in mow much before Decem¬ 
ber 1, and then I would advise putting in 
mow only what I could feed up in two 
or three weeks. It has been my prac¬ 
tise to husk by hand all I could, or until 
the weather begins to get bad, then stack 
the rest in small stacks of two or three 
loads each and husk them just as wanted. 
I use the busker to shred all corn fodder, 
the kind that you tie up afterwards by 
hand are too slow. G. D. w. 
Amesville, N. J. 
I have been using a husk and shredder 
for years. My present crop will be the 
sixth that I have husked; and my neigh¬ 
bors all use it. We do not like the 
cutter-head; we use the shredder-head 
entirely. In regard to the fodder’s heat¬ 
ing, it will heat, if you shuck more than 
40 barrels at a time. This should be 
spread evenly over a mow, say 16x45 
feet. Our machine is equipped with a 
blower, and we go in the mow and spread 
every third or fourth load (two-horse). 
As to mixing straw with it, it is an ex¬ 
cellent plan, either oat straw or cut wheat 
straw. I prefer the oats. Either must 
be dry. One point that must be remem¬ 
bered is, never to mix the shocks that are 
down, in your field with those that are 
standing. Leave these until the last, and 
shuck by themselves, or else shuck them 
first; the latter is my plan. I blow this 
fodder by itself, of course. This is an 
excellent way to prevent the bulk of the 
fodder from getting heated. We hardly 
ever husk two full consecutive days, un¬ 
less the fodder is very dry, and then the 
husking part of the machine does not do 
good work; the fodder should be a little 
tough. When dry it snaps too easily. 
I should think the machine H. O. C. in¬ 
fers to as seen at the fair would be a 
very expensive one, as it leaves the fod¬ 
der to be handled two or three more 
times; and the expense of gtting it to 
this machine is the same as it would 
be to ours. We do not have to handle 
ours any more, after using our machine. 
We use a 10 horse-power gasoline en¬ 
gine, which does the work perfectly. 
Vaucluse, Va. E. M. 
I have had some experience with 
shredded stover that might be of interest. 
Last year, not having a mow to put 
shredded corn stover in, I conceived an¬ 
other plan that was very satisfactory. I 
set six long poles in the ground in a cir¬ 
cle, stood more poles on end between the 
poles that were set in ground, fastened in 
place with wire at top and bottom by 
passing wire around the circle of 
poles and giving it a twist around 
each pole, thus holding them in 
place. It being a very windy day 
when we shredded our stover, I took 
a roll of wire chicken netting and wound 
from bottom to top, thus preventing the 
shredded stover from blowing away. 
While we were filling this enclosure I 
keep a man in it to tramp, and to dis¬ 
tribute it evenly around, leaving about 
two feet around outside not tramped, so 
that when it settled the outside settled 
the most. I topped it with straw not cut, 
and removed the wire netting after it 
had settled two days, so that the outside 
would settle down, thus preventing the 
rain from running in. This stover kept 
in excellent condition. I am going to do 
the same thing this Fall again. The ma¬ 
chines generally used here husk and shred 
the corn; I have helped my neighbors 
shred and husk corn for four years, it 
all being put in mows, and never heard 
of any spoiling that was dry and in good 
condition when shredded. Corn must be 
well cured in shock before shredding. 
Kent Co., Del. E. A. c. 
People in our vicinity depend on busk¬ 
ers largely. Unless the stalks are well 
cured before shredding the fodder spoils. 
On account of the very dry season the 
machines are starting unusually early 
this Fall. Some husk by hand, then 
shred the stalks. Many are compelled to 
use machines as help is scarce and we 
cannot get corn husked by hand. Neigh¬ 
bors change with each other to secure a 
force of men and teams to draw the corn 
from the field to the machine. Our corn 
is the yellow dent, and is generally set 
in shocks of 100 hills. In shredding 
some shelled corn and the coarser pieces 
of stalks fall in a bunch. If not dis¬ 
tributed over the mow with the lighter 
fodder it is sure to heat and mold. 
Shredded fodder is the best bedding we 
can get for the stable. Some have put 
layers of straw in the fodder, but it is 
not customary. S. D. n. 
Branch Co., Mich. 
I notice II. A. C.’s inquiry about husk¬ 
ing machines. Last year we shredded 
eight acres of heavy fodder, crowding it 
in a tight mow. We fed until May on 
this, and there was not a sign of mold. 
If the fodder is very damp when shredded 
of course it will mold. There are five 
or six shredders around here, but I do 
not know of one busker alone, and no one 
would use such a machine. The shredder 
is without doubt what you want in the 
way of a husking machine. w. P. w. 
Danville, Iowa. 
The best way to care for the corn crop 
is to put it into a silo. The next best 
way is to shred the fodder. My exper¬ 
ience tells me not to use one of the large 
husking-shredder machines. A large 
quantity of shredded corn fodder placed 
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in a mow will heat and mold. Mixing 
the fodder with straw helps to prevent 
heating. But unless straw is very handy 
to get while the machine is in operation, 
it would not pay, as it would require 
much more help, and the party doing the 
job is usually in a hurry to get away 
to the next place. The best way is to 
have a shredder and gasoline engine «f 
your own and shred the fodder as needed 
for feeding, and then it will sometimes get 
heated, if left too long. I prefer a shred¬ 
der to a cutter for dry fodder, as it puts 
the fodder in much better shape, and the 
shredded fodder will not make the cows’ 
mouths sore. Further, unless several 
farmers could combine, for the individual 
farmer a husker-sliredder machine and 
power is too expensive. The writer has 
an old busker that does not shred the 
fodder, but it leaves the stalks in bad 
shape, as they leave the machine end¬ 
ways. E. H. 
Ballston Lake, N. Y. 
I have used a busker for three years, 
and find it a great help. I do not use a 
busker and shredder for two reasons. 
The machine takes a great deal of power, 
and unless one has a silo the fodder is 
sure to spoil, and even then the silage 
is apt to be poor. As to the method of 
operating the busker, my engine is sta¬ 
tionary, so that I run the busker from 
counter-shaft, placing the machine on a 
temporary platform 16 feet square, so 
as to save all shelled corn and fodder 
waste, which will occur whatever way 
the corn is husked. In cutting the corn 
I make small compact shocks and use a 
low-down farm truck to draw from field. 
I bind the fodder and restack until cured 
enough to put in corn. I raise Canada 
flint corn for the grain and also for the 
fodder, but I should be unable to raise 
corn here if I did not have the busker, 
as it is impossible to get men to husk 
corn in this section, though they will 
work around a busker. With three men 
and a boy to sack the corn the machine 
should husk in good corn 15 to 20 bushels 
per hour. I would not think of trying 
to raise corn for grain and fodder with¬ 
out a busker. J. 8. A. 
East Windsor, Conn. ^ 
Consul Masterson of Ilarput, Turkey, 
describes a substitute for cement which 
is being used in that country with good 
results. The mixture is slaked lime, lin¬ 
seed oil, and cotton fibre. Generally a 
hollowed-out stone is used, although a 
flat, hard surface will answer, and the 
process is started by pouring the oil on 
a handful of cotton, after which the lime 
is dusted in. It is then kneaded until 
the whole is thoroughly mixed and about 
the consistency of dough. The more it 
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Value of The Buzz Saw. —It is sur¬ 
prising the multitude of uses to which the 
inexpensive buzz saw may be applied. It 
not only takes care of the wood supply 
for Winter, but when it is necessary to 
repair or erect buildings it will easily 
reduce labor expense one-third. One 
farmer using a saw and four horse-power 
gasoline engine used the outfit in building 
his barn, doing all sawing of rafters and 
studding with it. lie said that labor 
saved more than paid for the equipment. 
A group of farmers attacked the problem 
of building church sheds in our com¬ 
munity a few days ago. All the saw¬ 
ing was accomplished with an ordinary 
rocker-frame buzz-saw. Rafters were cut 
the proper slant, they were notched, and 
studding was cut the proper length and 
all boards were cut with the saw. Tim¬ 
bers which were to be cut at angles were 
marked and were held at the desired an¬ 
gle to the saw. On this particular work 
the time consumed was reduced 40%. 
Ohio. W. J. 
Spent Tan Bark. —On this farm great 
quantities of spent tan procured from the 
nearby river shore, upon which it was 
washed from tanneries above, has been 
used as bedding and to make a dry barn¬ 
yard, and so far as I can see always with 
good effects. It was employed first as a 
mulch two or three inches deep for straw¬ 
berries, over well enriched soil, where 
they fruited abundantly and clean. Its 
coarse and porous nature made it especial¬ 
ly desirable for the stable, and we ceased 
to use it only because the supply gave 
out. I put 100 loads in the barnyard one 
year and every Spring, as long as it 
lasted, skimmed off the rich surface to 
spread in the fields. As bedding and 
manure it is preferable to sawdust. 
Maine. G. s. paine. 
II. N.-Y.—"We should think this washed 
or leached out bark would be preferable 
to the bark taken directly from the pits. 
“Why don’t women dress sensibly?” 
“If they did, half the industries of the 
world would go to smash.”—Louisville 
Courier-J ournal. 
A little girl who had a live bantam 
presented to her was disappointed at the 
smallness of the first egg laid by the bird. 
Her ideal egg was that of the ostrich, a 
specimen of which was on a table in the 
drawing-room. One day the ostrich egg 
was missing from its accustomed place. 
It was subsequently found near the spot 
where the bantam nested, and on it was 
stuck a piece of paper with the words: 
“Something like this, please. Keep on 
trying.”—Ball Mall Gazette. 
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