THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
How Stokes Farmers
•May Save Thousands
Of Dollars
STOP THE USELESS AND NONSENSICAL HABIT
OF PULLING FODDER--THE MORE MODERN
METHOD, ITS EFFECTIVENESS AS COM
PARED WITH THE OLD WAY.
In our discussion of "fodder
pulling" we showed that nearly
half the feed value of the oorn
. plant is in the "stover" —that is,
leaves, stalks, and shucks.
Since we grow corn for feed
only, the above well-established
fact is sufficient basis for the dio
tum that any system or method of
harvesting the oorn crop worthy of
consideration must be such as
will save and into the best
possible condition for feed the on
tiro oorn plant.
There are two methods of sav
ing the orops which fulfill fairly
well these requirements. Exper
iments —or in other words, ex
perience—have shown that the
method which best fulfills our re
quirements is to put the entire
plant in the Bilo. It is true that
even by this method aome feed
valuo is lost, but this loss is not so
great as by any method which in
volves the drying or curing of the
plant, and a superior palatability
and higher digestibility are un
doubtedly obtaiued by the use of
the silo.
THE SILO 18 THE BEST METHOD.
Probably not at all, but certain
ly a part of the coin should be pnt
in the silo, but it is not our pur
pose in this artiole to discuss this
' method of saving the feed value
of the oorn plant. At some other
time wo may do so, but for the
present suffice it to state that any
man having fifteen head of cattle
or idle horses and mules to winter
cannot afford to be without a silo.
The method which we wish to
discuss at this time is one by
which the entire plant is cured in
a dry state and put in the best
possible condition to be used as
dry feed.
We have already shown that the
pulling of fodder is expensive and
wasteful; and the custom of allow
ing all the stover to remain in the
field until after the ears are gath
ered late in the fall, is equally in
defensible; for it has been shown
by careful experiments (accuiately
measured experience) that under
•ucb conditions nearly one-half
the feed value of the stover is lost,
just as hay that is allowod to got
over-ripe or weather in the field
loses vory largely in feed value.
ALL CORN SHOULD BE CUT.
From the foregoing weoouclude
that for the best results the prop
erly matured plant must be cut
and shocked so that it will cure
with tho least possible loss of feed
vidue.
Wo may consider two methods
of cutting the corn. One is to cut
by hand and tho other with the
corn harvester or biuder.
In a rocent tissue of the Pro
gie.sive fanner Mr. R. VV. Scott,
of Alamance county, stated that
ho out fifty acres of corn, av
eraging fully 30 bushels per acre,
at n cost of not over $1 per aero.
This ho undoubtedly did, but it
may co*t most meu a little more
than this; therefore, let us allow
from $125 to $1 50 per acre for
(.he entire cost of cutting and
allocking oorn averaging 30 bush
els per acre, which will include
wear and tear on machinery.
The cuttiug and shocking may
be done by hand for about the
same, or slightly greater coat, say
fifteen oents to twenty-five oents
per acre, when man labor is rea
sonably cheap and adundnnt, bu^
the harvester has the advantage of
substituting horse and machine
for man labor, which is every
where becoming scarce and high
priced. The binder also has the
additional advantage of putting
the corn in better shape for haul
ing and thereby lessens the coat of
hauling to the shredder or barn.
BEST METHOD OF HAND CUTTING.
Much of our cern will for along
while yet be cut by hand, if at all;
hence, it may be well to briefly
consider some of the methods fol
lowed in doing this work,
To cut tho corn somo use a large
oorn knife, while others prefer a
sharp hoe. The ohoice may safely
be left to the judgment and in
genuity of tho cne doing or direct
ing the work.
The important part of the work
is the shocking of the corn so that
it will properly cure and at the
same time shed water aud not
blow down. When the cutting
has been done by hand some plan
must be devised to assist in keep
iug the stalks standing straight
and in proper position while the
shock is being started. In the
North a favorite plan is what is
called the "gallus-hill" method.
A "stool" is mad« out 6f the com
itself by trying uncut stalks to
gether near their tops. Four stalks
about four feet apart, that will
form the four corners of a square,
are taken and their tops and leaves
so tied or entwined as to form au
entirely satisfactory support for
the beginning of the shock. The
cut corn is Bet up between aud
around these tied stalks until an
even, round shock of sufficient
size is obtained. A favorite meth
od in the South (and one of per
haps equal value to the one de
scribed above), is to use a "shock
ing horse" to the first
stalks set up in forming the shock.
TYING THE SHOCK.
A very important point in the
shocking of corn is the tying.
Many use an iron ring and rope
for pulling tho stalks together in
order that they may be tied tight
ly. There is some difficulty in
drawing the shock tight enough
by this method, and if the work is
continued the rope may make the
hands of the workman sore, which
still furthor lessons the prob
ability of getting the shock tight
enough. Another implement for
drawing the stalks tightly togethor
for tying is described as follows:
"Take a strong stick three and a
half feet long and, say, an inch
and a half in diameter. Sharpen
one end, and near the other end
fastonat right angles to it another
stick two and a half feet long. Tie
a piece of half-inoh rope, ten or
twelve feet long, to the sticks,
where they cross, aud leave the
other end of the rope free. The
pointed end is thrust into the
shook up near the top. The loose
end of the rope is taken around
the shock and fastened where the
other end is fastened. Now, by
turning and twisting by means of
the oross stick, you take up the
slftck of the rops and twist it
tight around the shock; then when
tight enough, fasten a piece of
binder-twine above where the rope
is; then loosen your ropp, take out
the stiok and paßs on to the next
shock."
ALL STOVEH SHOULD HE SHREDDED.
The corn having boon cut aud
DANBURY, N. C., AUGUST 1, 1907.
shocked, how is it to bo handled
so as to put it in the best condi
tion for feeding at the least cost?
It the article previously re
ferred to, Mr. Scoit states that he
hauled, shredded and put the
shucked com in the crib for $2
per acre, averaging 30 bushels.
This made the cuttiug, shocking
aud shredding of the stover cost
Mr. Scott $3 per acre.
Our experience has seen that it
oostsfrom $2 50 to $3 to harvest an
acre of corn yielding 125 to 30
bushels.
Such an acre of corn will givei
on an average from a ton to a ton j
and a quarter of rhredded stover.
Now what is this ton of shredded
stover worth V In onr feeding
work last winter we found that
beef cattle wasted only twelve lbs.
out of every hundred when each
animal was given 30 pounds per
day. These same animals made
good gains with only this shred
ded stover for roughage. Other
feeders have found that from o*e
and one-fourth pounds to one and
one-half pounds of shredded
stover are equal to the one pound
of the best timothy or other grass
hay.
These facts give us the answer
to our question, "how shall "the
crop be put in the best condition
for feeding at the least cost ?" If
we can get an acie of corn, yield
ing 30 bushels, cut, shocked, haul
ed to the barn, the ears shucked
and the stover shredded, and ob
tain a ton of feed, which pound
for pound is nearly equal to grass
hay, all for the small cost of only
#3, there ought not to be any
question as to which is the most
economiaal way of harvesting tho
crop.
Now, what ajo the objections
urged against this method of har
vesting the cam crop '? We are
of the opinion that the chief rea
son why it is not being more
rapidly and generally adopted is
the disinclination ol' most meu to
depart from old and familiar ways,
but let us consider some of the
objections offered.
WILL THE STOVER KEEP, f
I.—A few having tried it have
had some of the oorn or stover
spoil in the shock. This is due to
a lack of knowledge in handling
the crop in this way. Not more
than two years' experience is
necessary to overcome this diffi
culty. These unfavorable results
are usually due to cutting the
corn too green, shocking it im
properly or tryigg it so the shooks
will not shed water or not cure
properly.
IS IT HEAVY WORK ?
ll.—Many object to harvesting
the crop this way under an erron
eous impression that it is too
heavy work. The fact is, that
where machinery is used the
work is no harder and not so
disagreeable as pulling fodder,
and by fodder pulling only about
one-third the feed is obtained,
while the cost, if we |include the
loss in yield of oorn, is greater.
DO STOCK EAT SHREDDED BTOVEK
V.'ELL?
lll.—Others object on the
ground that the stock will not eat
the shredded stover well. As
stated above, our cattle ato 88 per
cent last year when the scales and
not guessing was used to deter
mine the facts, but if the stock
only ate half of the shredded
stover it would still be a ohoaper
and better method, than to pull
fodder or let the stover rot in the
field.
NO CORN IS LOST IN HUSKING.
IV.—Still others have objected
on the ground that the com was
not well shuoked or too much
corn was shelled by the husker.
It iB true that not all shredders do
equally good work, and none but
the larger aud improved machines
ehould lie purchased, but most of
the shredders now sold shuck the
corn well enough for all practical
purposed, and the 3to 7 per cent
of shelled corn is not last sivce it
adds to the value of the stover.
MOULDING.
V. Occasionally the shredded ;
stover moulds in tho stack or 1
bnrn. This difficulty can be i
certainly and entirely overcome I
by. allowing the corn to oure j
well in the shook and theu being !
certain to have it free from the!
moisture from rain before shredd-1
ing. Never shred unless the corn '
is thoroughly dry : there must be
no exception to this rule.
CO-OPERATION IN BUYING MACHIN
ERY.
Vl.—There is one real difficulty
in the way of a general adoption
of this method of harvesting the
corn crop, and that is the cost
of the machinery—harvester,
shredder, and the power for driv
ing the latter. Fortunately, this
difficulty can be overcome. In
every wheat-growing section
many farmers get their wheat
threshed every year without own
iug a threshing inaohine. If
there comes a demand for shred
ders, as there should, why can it
not be supplied in the same way ?
In fact, those who now own
engines to drive threshers will
only have to buy shredders to be
ready to do the work^
Or, the difficulty may be over
come in another way. It will
pay any man with from fifty to
seventy-five acreß of corn te buy
the machinery to save his stover.
If it will pay one man with a crop
of from fifty to seveuty-five acres
to buy the necessary machinery
to properly save his stover, why
will it not pay two, four, or six
men whose combined acroage is
seventy-five acres to unite in tho
purchase of the necessary mach
inery 'i It will, and they can
and should do it.
IN CONCLUSION.
In oonclusion, I wish to state
that to get the most out of the
corn crop it is as necessary to
shred the stovor and utilize it to
the best advantage as it is to
thresh the wheat in order to get
the most out of that crop. It i 6
only a question of time until we
shall recognize this fact, and then
wo will save the feed we already
grow instead of buying bay at
S2O per ton from the Northern
States.—Tait Butler, in Progres
sive Farmer.
Some of the farmers in this
section say that they will have
home grown watemelous ready
for the market by August 3rd.
Mr. J. Spot Taylor on last
Thursday moved with his family
into the Taylor Hotel, and will
in the future give tho running
of the hotel his personal atten
tion. Mr. A. J. Fugg, who has
had charge of the hotel since it
was opened, has moved into tho
McCanless house, just south of
the court house.
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Smithtown Raided
Again By 35
Revenue Officers
DAVE NELSON AND HOWARD LOVINS, CAP
TURED—TWO STILLS . DESTROYED THE
MOONSHINERS GOT WIND OF THE RAID
AND MANY ESCAPED—ONE OF SMITH
TOWN'S MOST DESPERATE MEN IN
THE TOILS.
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Again have tho officers of the
law made a charge upon Smith
town.
Last Wednesday a band of about
thirty-five or forty officers attack
ed the stronghold of the blook
aders, arresting two men and de
stroying two stills.
The others escaped, having got
wind of the coming of the rev
enues, and carried off their stills
to places of safety. It is charged
by the officers that au R. F. D.
man warned the moonshiners in
time for them to esoape.
A few days before the raid was
made it was printed in the Wins
ton and other papers that a raid
was being planned, and thus the
blockades were warned in time.
Dave Nelson, who was consid
ered one of the boldest of the
blocfeaders and one of the moat
desperate and dangerous men in
tho Smithtown region, was cap
tured, and another named Lov
ins, Nelson is the same fellow
who was in the battle at Lawson
ville about two years ago, when
Deputy Sheriff Jno. R. Smith was
shot.
It is said that the revenue au
thorities are determined to break
up the Smithtown blockading,
which has been going on undis
turbed for so many years, and that
no oxpense or trouble will be
spared till the law is vindicated.
Twelve men are now in jail at
Dobson and Greensboro under
bonds of SI,OOO each, and will be
tried before Judge Boyd at a spec
ial term of the Federal Court.
Judge Boyd having said that he
will break up the illicit traffic in
liquor in North Carolina, it is a
pretty oertain thing that some of
these prisoners are in for it right.
Lots of them will dou,btless spend
some time in the Federal prisons,
besides paying heavy fines.
Below we publish accounts of
the raid tuken from the Mount
Airy papers. Mount Airy was the
base of the operations :
Mt Airy, July 24.—Since the
raid on the Smithtown settlement,
in Stokes county, by revenue
officers a few weeks ago, stories
have been current that the block
aders have been preparing for a
second coming of the revenue
officers by ordering'several hund
red new long range guns and an
abundance of ammunition. The
revenue officers had reason to
believe that the rumors were well
fouudea and that the blookaders
were not only ready for a second
attack from the government
agents but were continuing to
make "firewater" in largo quanti
ties.
OFFICERS GATHER FOR RAID.
Revenue officers from all sec
tion of the State gathered here
yesterday for a second raid. Armed
to the teeth as on the first raid 37
revenue officers left here at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon for
the noted blookaders' abode. The
officers drove in the Smithtown
settlement, 30 miles from here,
soma time during the night and
early this morning began the raid.
It had been' reported to the
officers that the blookaders had
dug riilo pits around their stills
in order to have an advantage
over the revenues. This was
found to be untrue.
DIVIDED INTO FOUR SQUADS.
Arriving at Smithtown the offi
cers divided into four different
squads and began a search
through tjie community. The
community had been depopulated
in a night. The people had tied
to unknown sections. Even the
women and children had gone.
Only two men were found in the
entire settlement and they were
found near two stills. The
men were placed under arrest and
brought to this city. They
offered no resistance whatever.
The stills were destroyed. One
of the men arrested is David
Nelson, and a young fellow, and
an older man named Lovin. No
shots were fired either by the
revenue officer or blockaders.
Mr. Thomas McKoy, of Ashe
ville, had oharge of 20 men and
Mr. J. M. Baley, of Greensboro,
had oharge of about 10 men from
the marshal's office. There were
two different forces in the raid,
one from the revenue agent's and
the other from the marshal's
force.
The offioers were determined
te break up blockading in the
famous Smithtown settlement and
failure to capture more of the
men and stills is not their fault.
The revenue officers claim that
a rural free delivery carrier, who
left just ahead of them, circulated
the report through the blockaders'
settlement that the revenue offi
cers were coming, hence the set
tlement was deserted.
MIZPAH ROUTE 1.
Mizpah Route 1. July 29.
Mr. Editor :
Will you please allow me a little
space in your columns for a few
words in regard to the Farmers'
Institute.
I was raised a farmer and ex
pect to die one and don't mind
taking advioe from farmers who
have succeeded in working the
way they teach others to do. But
there is one member of the Farm
ers' Institute who teaches tobacco
culture and has failed. To sue.
ceed this tiqpe although lie goes
far and near to tell the peoplo how
to raise tobacoo. It looks like if
he knew how to raise it, he would
have raised a better orop this time.
Only two years ago people wrote
to him from all over the State for
tobacco seeds and he had to go all
over the neighborhood to find
seeds enough to supply them. No
doubt but what these people
thought that the seeds were raised
on Glenn View Farm by that
great tobacco farmer when us lit
tle ontside fellows raised them.
With best wishes to the Re
porter and all its many readers.
332.
Mr. DeWit Nelson, of Danbury
Route 1, was a visitor at the Re
porter offioe last Thursday.
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