Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1874 — Maize for Feeding Stock. [ARTICLE]

Maize for Feeding Stock.

Maize consists of the stalks and leaves of Indian corn, cut when green, and fed to domestic animals. It is not green com, as many careless writers aver, as green com consists of the grain of maize. Concerning the value of maize as a feed for milch cows, J. Porter, of Wisconsin, writes: “I am pleased to learn that maize, as a feed for cows, is being so extensively yaisejl. I have raised and fed it for over thirty years, and consider it the best crop I raise by more than one-half. My mode of raising is as follows: I manure heavily, plow deep, mark with corn-marker four feet one way. J tfceg take shovel plow apd

follow the marks so the rows or furrows will be at equal distance and sow the seed quite thidk. I then cover with a harrow by dragging the ground from four to six times. This is for early feed. For later feed I drop in hills from eight to ten inches apart. It stands up better, and has considerable more substance in the stalk and ears. I plant immediately after my corn crop and cultivate often. Last year I commenced cutting and feeding July 15. I have grown forty tons green to the acre. If Ido not need it all for feed before .frost, I cut and .shock the same as other corn and let it stand in field until wanted. I have had it stand until Ist of May in good condition ; it makes excellent winter feed. I feed in the stable and feed liberally. If there is any left of the butts T carry it in the yard, where my hogs chew every stalk left from the cows. It also makes excellent feed for horses, beef cattle or pigs. I cannot recommend it too highly.—-Yew York Herald, s