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Show PALATABLE FODDER CORN. Prof Thomas 8haw Urges Proper Care of Thla. Feed. The method of handling th:: product differs In various localities. Tho common com-mon method of harvesting puts It Into shocks of moderate slzo as scon aa cut, and then Into stacks when the weather get cool, Somo growers adopt the following plan: They hur-vest hur-vest ln tho usunl way. Tho corn Is put up In small shocks. It Is then put Into larger shocks, say two weeks later. la-ter. This plan Is followed by J. J. lAirlong of Austin, Minn., who won first prize on his farm In the Hill contest. con-test. The object Is to preserve tho brightness In tho, corn nnd to prevent it from weathering unduly. Mr. Furlong Fur-long puts four shocks Into ono. Then ns soon as the weather becomes cool, ho puts the shocks Into stacks with a diameter or about 15 feet. In this way tho fodder Is well protected from the weather, so that when It Is" fed It h brighter, sweoter and more nutritious than If fed from tho shocks, This BjBtem hns tho further advantage advan-tage In areas with n heavy winter snowfall. It gets tho corn whero it Is "tsnVfo from Injury from snow or sleet beforo theso storms como. Tho objection objec-tion may bo raised that this means extra work. It doos, but It means extra valuo In tho foddor also, and extra value that will usually far outweigh out-weigh tho extra labor Incurred. The method of stacking such corn Is greatly Influenced by tho character ot tho climate. Whero winter comes early, tho corn cannot In oil Instances bo put Into stacks wider than .ono length of sheaves. Tho tops and butts are" reversed alternately to keep tho long stack level. In other Instances, whero the corn Is drier, two lengths of sheaves are .admissible, overlapping nt tho tops, and In yet others wldo, oblong ob-long or round stacks may bo built without endangering tho safety of, tho corn. Good corn foddbr, especially If not coarse, Is one of tho best and most economical of fodders. Poor corn fodder fod-der Is of .but little 'account. |