. Field crops for the cotton-belt. Agriculture. HARVESTING AND STORING THE CORN CROP 261 the cost of which cannot be offset by the amount of forage furnished by the husks. When husking is done from the standing stalks, "lands" should be laid out and driven around so that the huskers are always on the same side of the wagon. This avoids husking many rows that have been broken down by the wagon. Convenient forms of husking pegs and hooks, are shown in Fig. 43. 315. Shredding com. — The use of the corn shredder in the cotton- belt is very Hmited. This machine takes the stalks with the e
. Field crops for the cotton-belt. Agriculture. HARVESTING AND STORING THE CORN CROP 261 the cost of which cannot be offset by the amount of forage furnished by the husks. When husking is done from the standing stalks, "lands" should be laid out and driven around so that the huskers are always on the same side of the wagon. This avoids husking many rows that have been broken down by the wagon. Convenient forms of husking pegs and hooks, are shown in Fig. 43. 315. Shredding com. — The use of the corn shredder in the cotton- belt is very Hmited. This machine takes the stalks with the ears and ^^°;,/husSSk^ fhf husks and deUvers the ears to a former is used for husk- ing fodder corn, the lat- basket for stormg, and shreds the ter for husking standing stalks for »feeding. The shredded °°™' stover is deUvered to the loft, usually by means of a blowpipe. In the cotton-belt shredding should never be done except when the fodder is very dry; otherwise the shredded fodder will It should always be stored vmder shelter after shredding. Many advantages are derived from shredding corn rather than feeding it wKole, chief of which are: (1) it may be fed with much less waste, it being estimated that "shredded stover will go 40 per cent farther in feeding cattle than the whole stalks;" (2) it puts the stover in a Convenient form for storing and for feeding; (3) ^ the troublesome work of handling manure in which there are long coarse stalks is avoided; (4) the ears are husked with little expense. STORING CORN 316. Cribs. — Corn ears are usually stored in cribs or bins although rail pens are used for this purpose in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Morgan, James Oscar. New York, The Macmillan company
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