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Show 8AVING FODDER. Method and Time Have Much to Do with Quality of the Corn 8talka. It frequently happens that farmers put too low an estimate on well-cured corn fodder. When corn Ib cheap and rpughncis scarce.,, which Is frequently tho case, It Is worth half as much for feeding, especially to young stock, ns grain. For sheep, colts, cnlvcs nnd milk cows 1 consider It superior to-olther to-olther clover or timothy, but much ot its valuq depends qn tho condition In-which In-which it Is saved. Like timothy, It la almost universally loft standing until tho blades become, wcathor-hcaton nnd tho strength and nutriment dried out to such an extent that It Is almost H worthless as a reed. Thore In a sea- son for all kinds of farm work, and tho propor tlmo for securing corn rod- dor Is Just beforo tho milk leaves the grain and whllo thero Is somo snp loft In tho stalk and tho blades are green. If cut nnd properly cured In. this condition and fed llborally to- horses, mules nnd cattle, they will a I- ways bo in a healthy, growing condt- tlon. I do not mean to say that grain, clover and timothy should not bo fed at all, says tho writer In tho Journal of Agriculture, hut I do claim that If more bright, well-cured corn fodder were saved and fed to our farm stock thero would bo fewer cases ot hcavoH and coughing among our horses and less dry murrain among our cattle. In cutting off corn fodder, 1 prefer putting It In largo shocks, 16 hills square, which amounts to about 256 hills to a shock, but somo of our farm- ers who havo emigrated from tho east mako them much smaller, putting from 64 to 144 hills to a shock, and only having more weather-beaten fod- dor, which Is almost worthless us feed. To prevent tho shocks from twisting and falling, they should bo securely bound near tho top with binder twlno. All good farmers know that after tho shocks havo stood a. couplo of weeks and becomo settled, the binding will become loose nnd should bo tightened. When tho weather Is damp )t will pay to biro hands or cnll In the neighbors, ns lu oldon times, nnd husk It out In short HH ordor, mingling business with pleas- HH uro, for It Is good to bo neighborly. HH In husking, tho fodder should bo-mado bo-mado Into bundles and tied with. twlno In two or threo places. It would bo bettor It tho teams could' follow tho buskers and haul off tho roughness to tho, barn or make a rick of It. By Christmas tho crop, both HH grain and fodder, should bo woll HB housed. In feeding the fodder a good, HB roomy manger Is Indispensably neces- HH nary. It saves much feed and pro- HB vents tho stock from tramping It. HH Tho stalks should bo .thrown from tho- HH mangor us often as necessary, and let; HH them bo tramped nnd mixed with tho- HB soil and tho droppings of the stock. HH Thli will mako many loadB of rich. HH manure to renovate tho farm.. HH |