. The book of corn : a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others : a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . Corn. 194 THE BOOK OF CORN. animal, the undigested portion being voided in the form of dung, as so much worthless or waste material. In general the grains and concentrated feeds are more completely digested than the coarse fodders. A larger proportion of the corn grain is digested than of the corn stover. A larger proportion of wheat than
. The book of corn : a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others : a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . Corn. 194 THE BOOK OF CORN. animal, the undigested portion being voided in the form of dung, as so much worthless or waste material. In general the grains and concentrated feeds are more completely digested than the coarse fodders. A larger proportion of the corn grain is digested than of the corn stover. A larger proportion of wheat than of the straw. It is worthy of remark in passing that the corn grain is one of the most concentrated and is the most completely digested of any of the grain feeds. Then, too, the digestibility of any foodstuff may be affected within cer- tain narrow limits by its palatability, by the quantity consumed by the animal, the stage of growth or develop- ment at which it was harvested, and its combina t i o n with other foodstuffs. Contrary to the general impression, the digestibility of a feed does not appear to be affected either favorably or unfavorably, at least to any appreciable degree under ordinary circumstances, by cooking, soaking, grind- ing, or the method of preserving or drying, so long as it is not subjected to mechanical loss of the finer parts in drying and handling or to molding or fer- menting in the process of preserving. The amount of digestible nutrients, therefore, is Fig 51—Rack for Fodder In feeding unshredded corn fodder, care in handling may be secured through the use of the simple device here illustrated. This rack is easy to fill and will retain the stalks, allowing the cattle to eat off the leaves and other eatable portions. The rack is to be built against a fence so that the filling can be done from the outside. The manger a is only high enough to retain the fodder. Make the frame of 2x4*3. The rack b should be made of four-inch fencing lumber and slats
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