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Show Making Stalks Assist Corn to Nourish Live Stock By N. A. Clapp i OUU annual crop represents a market mar-ket value, ns grain, of about $1,300,-000,000. $1,300,-000,000. If the corn stalks could all bo saved at their best, they would represent an added value to tbe corn crop of about $H'0.-OOO.O'iO $H'0.-OOO.O'iO These look like large sums of money, but the amounts are not exaggerated. j Considering the great value of the corn crop of tbe country, we can see why great efforts are being made to secure: the crop ut Its best, and retain It In a condition to insuro Its full value as feed. Tbe wastes In the past have- been largely with the fodder. fod-der. The value of the corn fodder Is not appreciated ap-preciated alike In all parts of the country, j Some deem It advisable to hog down the Corn, not making any effort to save the stalks for feed. In other places the corn Is i husked on tho bCl, and afterwards the cattle cat-tle are turned In io consume the stalks, getting get-ting only their partial aluo as feed, us the frosts have materially Injured them. Olhei-s cut and shock the corn and feed It stalks and all. lotting hogs follow the rattle to pick up the unmasllcated kernels of grain that may be found in the dropping In tho northern portions of the country, where both tho grain and the btalks are esteemed highly for feed, tho corn in cut, shocked and husked by hand tho grain stored to be fed in accurately ac-curately measured quantities and tho stalks an: stored' to he fed as needed through the winter. Of late years different plans havu hern dDvised by which tho corn crop can bo se- stalk.s after they have b'.n shredded than It can be induced to do while they are whole. thereby making the shredded stalks a more economical feed than the whole stalks. Where diversified farming l-t carried on. j and there are other kinds of work than I husking that must be done, this work can bo deferred until su, h times as it can be done without interfering with ollu r work on the farm. When the crn is husked by the machine a large amount can bo handled In a short period of time, making a short Job of tbe corn husking, while bv the old j plan of husking by hand and tying the stalks In tho field, there- Is more or les ! suif.rlng from stormy weather ami cold hands and reet. Whe- corn is allowed to ripen and cure In the shock the grain can be sorted and stored without being exposed to storms or being mixed with grit by being thrown on the ground before sorting and storing. In order li make a success of nhredding and storing corn fodder It must llrst be allowed to cure before it S shredded, or when piled up in large quantities lt xxln h(,at nnd be injured. It must also be dry. e.r It i will heat and mold and sonic of It will spoil. Good common sense must bo used In this matter. If. for any reason, it is thought best to fibred the corn when it Is damp, the fodder can be saved by placing a layer of stalks alternately with a layer of dry straw Tbe straw will absorb some of the juices from the stalks ami tlV' nr.. ma, too. making the whole mass so palatable that it will all bo consumed. cured entirely, storing It for use In a manner man-ner that Is convenient to feed at any time and ran be measured out accurately by the feeder. One e.f the popular plans Is to storo it In the sdlo. When corn Is put in the silo It Is cut Just at the time v. lu n tho kernels on most of tin- ears are glazing well and tho stalks are still full of Juice and In a condition to yield up all the nutrients In them. Punning the corn through a cutting box before It is elevated and dropped into the silo, it js jn s hort pieces that can bo packed very closely, close-ly, excluding all the air. Of course the whole mass goes through a process of fermentation, fer-mentation, yet It is succulent and palatable. palat-able. It can be measured or weighed out and only such amounts as each of the animals ani-mals require given them., SI la go Is considered the most e conomical feed for dairy cows and other cattle Is raised and stored on the farm. It Is nil consumed. grain. . stalks, butts and leaves are all consumed. Py the plan of cutting corn, shocking lt and husking It in the Held, exposing the fodder to tho winds and storm after tbo corn Is taken out of the stalks, lt Is generally estimated that the feeding value of the stalk is Injured fully 40 per cenL ne of the objections urged ngainsl en-siloing en-siloing corn Is the fact that the whole crop. iuin. stalks and all, is run Into the silo, not b-alng the grain in a condition wbe-j-e I it can 1m; utilized to its fullest extent. That tho silage represents a feeding value not fully up to what it would be If it could bo saved in its green ftate before being fermented fer-mented is readily admitted. To remedy some of tho dlflleultles encountered when ' the corn Is ensiloed another scheme has ! bun devised; that of ahreddlng and husk-Iric. husk-Iric. Py the method of shredding (ind hiK-dc- lug the corn i; cut when ripe, set up In ; shocks and allowed to cure or dry out until ll Is considered safe to pile tho shredded fodder in the barn or slack, py ibis plan the grain is sepaiHterl from the Mailt and stored by itself, while tlm stalks and leaves nre cut Into strips and blown by the machine to the mow or stack, where they can be jiacked In a small compass ready to feed j when needed, and In a fresh, sweet condi- ' tlon. Among the advantage urRr.( jy ilOS who shred the corn 1 will mention the ii-' lowing. The stalks can be stored j,, a SII1., conl. .,afs and can be fed in Just such quantities ris lach animal will require, aril, t.an b(? Klven to them In tl.e manner, a practice not Hntlsf.TbV when whole and It, the bundle What is not etcn of the st.-.lks is in line -luipe for bedding the ytoek. ilt).l Ik the best jtisoi'bent of the lltlid manure yf-t dls-,orcd. dls-,orcd. It Is ..-in am tree fro,, llltf flic .--lo. k will COl coli.-id'.ratd- n,.,r, ,,r |