. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. SHREDDING 375 Many large and successful cattle feeders start steers on feed by this means. By nosing over the fodder a taste of the corn is acquired and soon grain in bunks can be supplied. By this time only sufficient fodder should be fed to act as a roughage; otherwise the waste is excessive. When fed in the barnyard, a manger with planks or poles arranged horizontally gives the best satisfaction. Shredding. Fodder cutters wh
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. SHREDDING 375 Many large and successful cattle feeders start steers on feed by this means. By nosing over the fodder a taste of the corn is acquired and soon grain in bunks can be supplied. By this time only sufficient fodder should be fed to act as a roughage; otherwise the waste is excessive. When fed in the barnyard, a manger with planks or poles arranged horizontally gives the best satisfaction. Shredding. Fodder cutters which clip the stalks and leaves into inch lengths have been used to a limited extent. The shredder, which tears the stalk into linear strips, crushes the leaves and husks the ears, is very much used at present. Some machines husk the corn and elevate it separately, leaving but the shredded stover. Fodder which has been shredded is usually blown or elevated into the barn or else stacked in a feeding rack so that it can be fed without a second HUSKER AND CUTTER. Used for removing the ears and cutting fodder which has been shoclied in the field. Corn fodder is very unsatisfactory to handle in the stable, and for this reason farmers have resorted to shredding, which consists in cutting up the fodder into very short fragments about one and one-half to two inches, or somewhat longer. When the fod. 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 Bowman, Melville Le Roy, 1881-. Waterloo, Ia. , Sold by Waterloo publishing co.
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