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throws the moldy stuff out to the cattle it will taint the milk, and it will 

 be rejected by the creamery. Of course the silo will be of no benefit to 

 such men. But I don't suppose I am talking to such men here. If I 

 am, take it to heart. 



Mr. Reamer: Have you any certain kind of corn you plant for silo? 



• Mr. Goodrich: I have planted different kinds. At first I planted this 

 big southern corn, which grew up 16 feet high. It probably would pro- 

 duce twenty tons to the acre. It did not mature enough, and it made 

 sour silage. So I tried a corn that would sufficiently mature— a flint 

 com, and that was better. 



Mr. Johnson: At just what particular time or state of maturity do 

 you put up your silage or use the corn? 



Mr. Goodrich: The first silo I had I put the corn in too green, and it 

 made a poor sour silage, and there wasn't much nutriment in it. My 

 opinion is, the time to put it in is just the time you are going to cut up 

 your corn to husk, and have your fodder. It has the most nutriment in it 

 at that time. If possible you had better commence a little sooner for fear 

 it will take you too long. The best time is when the lower leaves on the 

 stalks are turning yellow, and on some of the earliest ears the husks are 

 turning white. 



Mr. Johnson: In reality it is when the corn has matured? 



Mr. Goodrich: The corn and stalk have the most nutriment in them 

 at this time, and they are the most digestible at this time. After the 

 stalks have turned to a Avoody fiber they are indigestible. Sometimes 

 the frost comes, and you can't fill your silo right away, and the leaves 

 dry up, and then all you can do is to let it get to the right state of maurity 

 and put it in as quick as you can. 



Mr. Reamer: What is the per cent, of nourishment in the stalk in 

 the corn crop, and what in the ear? 



Mr. Goodrich: Where there are big ears, and not a very big stalk, 

 you know it Is about 40 per cent, in the stalk. It varies a good deal. 



Mr. Reamer: That is the reason I asked you the question. Corn 

 varies according to the amount of this sappy substance in it. and in a 

 large stalk there Is liable to be more sap. 



Mr. Goodrich: This very large southern corn did not satisfy me very 

 well. I would rather have fewer tons, and have it better. The best 

 silage I ever had was from some flint corn. I think it yielded ten tons 



