| Show cr corn anil and C corn F farmers amers who are buying corn to feo feed d should bear in mind that all corn is is not of equal value says the iowa homestead nor is seventy pounds of corn always equal to other seventy pounds wo we are speaking now not of the different amounts of cob that there may bo e in the samples nor of the amount of chaffy cars or grains or of tho the difference usually recognized by farmers when buying corn the point we wish to make is that corn grown on lands richin nitrogen as for for instance clover sod has m more feeding d value pound for pound than corn grown on old lands that have been worn out by successive crops it must always bo be borne in mind that it is tho the nitrogenous or albumin old or in other words flesh forming qualities of corn or any other grain that give it its special ip ecial value and hence belie 0 corn grawn g rawn on clover sod asworth is worth more than corn apparently as good grown on old ground wo we have frequently heard farmers who buy corn from different parties claim that one lot of corn seemed to do ao the hogs hog gs no hogood good while they fattened on another sample apparently no better the facts fact above stated wo we think go far to explain the reason and add whether our readers abreo with us or not it is at least worth thinking about in in buying grain to feed |
