[AT] Rock Falls, IL

[Vaughn Miller]

Growing up in PA, feed ground from whole ear corn was know as "chop" and
was generally fed to beef cattle.  There was a mobile mill truck that would
come around to grind feed.

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Darrell Ratliff <dbigdog at columbus.rr.com>
wrote:

> For what it’s worth growing up in central Ohio, all the cattle feed we
> ground included ear corn with the cobs included in the mix.  This was fed
> to both the dairy herd and the Herefords we raised for meat.
>
>
>
> From: rlgoss at twc.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 3:28 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Rock Falls, IL
>
> Humm.  That's a new one for me, Herb.  I've not heard of purposely
> grinding corn ON THE COB before.  I guess there was always too much need
> for corn cobs in the outhouse or chicken house.  Is this the equivalent of
> adding melamine to dog food as the Chinese want to do?
>
> Larry
> ---- Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
> > My Dad fattened four dozen yearlings every fall/winter for several
> decades;
> his preference (also) was corn ground on the cob, with silage, and alfalfa
> or hay.  Opinion is he enjoyed that more than grain farming (less dependent
> on weather).
> Herb(GA)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Slavin
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 12:21 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [AT] Rock Falls, IL
> Sort of off topic for this, but my brother-in-law has a new idea pull type
> 2
> row NARROW corn picker.  Nearly all of our corn is shelled, but he usually
> leaves 5 acres or so to pick in the ear.  We still have a grinder-mixer and
> run the ear corn through it.  I’m still of the belief that corn ground on
> the cob makes the best feed with the roughage in it in the form of the cob,
> particularly for cattle that aren't destined for the feedlot. Even for
> cattle that will eventually go to the feedlot, it makes good feed for when
> they’re first weaned and getting used to corn going through their digestive
> system.  2 row NARROW pickers must be kinda rare.  I’ve not seen many of
> them.  That would work nice behind the M!
> John Slavin
>
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