ON CORN AND COB-MEAL FOR FEEDING


CATTLE, &c.
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In the winter Of 1908 my corn threshing
machine became out of repair, SO as to ad-
nit pieces of corn through the rack of !,
and some of an inch long, which | had not
time to separate from the sheled corn.
sent all to the mill together, and found the
meal came home as fine to appearance as
when the corn had no cob among it. When
found this tob be the case, designcdly sent the
grist to mill with an increased quantity of
the cob among the corn until l questioned
the boy to know if the miller made any OBJ
servatons on my not cleaning my corn. His
answer WAS yes: (Mr. Cross the miller
said it Mr. Perley was too lazy tn clean his
corn he would not do it for him. After this
visited the miller, and informed him of my
design; and agreed with him to grind my
cobs, after had pounded them sufficiently
fine to get through his mill with corn, and
make decent meal-which | attended to-
and had cobs and corn ground together /;
and put but about one peck of corn to Il
bushel of cobs. Meal made Of this compost
tion scalded, and made about as thick as
common hasty pudding or mixed about one
peck of the meal with three pecks of boiled
potatoes, thickened to the consistency Of
pudding. With this kind of food, and what
wash was made in the family, | constantly
fed my swine. there were none in the neigh
bourhood grew SO fast, or were fit to kill so
soon in the autumn. The neighbours were
surprised that my hogs looked so white and
grew so well, beng fed AS they we're with
cob meal potatoes, and the wash of four
cows.-Some ridiculed the notion /; others
disputed and disbeiieved the account-but
finally all were obliged to believe the fact,
though 10th to try the experiment. They
enquired of my labouring man who worked
on the farm that and the following year and
prepared the cobs for the mill, who is now a
very respectable mechanic and farmer in
Methuen, by the name of William Parker.


The account Of this discovery / spread
round among my friends in Rowley and
Boxfard, and even sent it to the eastward,
to the county of Cumberland and this year
live on a farm in New Rowlcy, where
am using the same discovery and process OF
meal and can show better swine than any
of M neighbours can produce of the same
age: if people will not believe they must
come and see for themselves.


h I'VE also made further discovery of the
use Of cob-mea for other purposes beside:
feeding swine and cattle.


l had one batch of coarse brown bread
made of it, ground about half and half =
sfted as usual, and the application of the u
sual quantity of rye meal. The bread wa
as high celoured, as light, as sweet and a.
moist as that made of pure Indian and ryt
meal though think it will dry rather soon
er. Peter Marston, Esq. ate of the breat
before he was informed of the compost


ton and afterwards declared he had NJ
mistrust it was made any other than tn
usual way.