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bottom lands, the St. Charles White and the Boone County White. Is 

 there any other that is better than either of these? 



Dr. Huston — I am not quite sure about Missouri River bottom, but 

 the Wabash River bottom lands yield the best with the McKinley, which 

 is a yellow corn. While I do not know that it has ever been compared 

 with your St. Charles White corn, it has had to compete with Johnson 

 County White corn and other corns of that class like Riley's Favorite 

 and Boone County White and the McKinley corn has exceeded the 

 other varieties on the Wabash River bottom. 



Q. Has anyone tried early corn in a river bottom planted early by 

 the side of large corn? How did it do? 



Mr. Erwin — I have never planted it, but I have known of its being 

 planted a number of times. It will yield 5 or 6 barrels where the large 

 corn will yield 10 or 12. 



Q. What is the best method of using corn fodder? 



Prof. Mumford — I presume that this question refers to corn stover. 

 Corn fodder is common in Missouri after the ears have been removed 

 and this is a practical question — it is a live question. We hear a good 

 deal at the present time about silos and shredded fodder and stalk fields 

 and other methods of utilizing the fodder or stover. This is a question 

 upon which we could spend the entire evening in trying to answer it and 

 we mght not come to any better agreement at the end of the discussion 

 than before, but will Mr. Harned please tell us about the best method 

 of utilizing the corn fodder ? 



Mr. Harned — I suppose you mean the fodder after it has been 

 shocked ? 



Prof. Mumford — Yes. 



Mr. Harned — Well I think there is a great difference of opinion 

 about that. I am afraid I will be very much by myself, but I have been 

 convinced that I would not have my fodder shredded if I could have it 

 done free. I believe that it would be worth more taken out of the 

 shocks and scattered on the grass just as it is, the simple and old 

 I)Ian, and I never have been convinced so far that there is anything 

 better. 



Mr. Erwin — I have handled shredded fodder a good deal and I 

 shred it and then bale it. I often take the shredder into the field 

 and set the baler behind the shredder and use a slat elevator instead of 

 a blower to feed the baler and it is the most economical way. If Mr. 

 Harned had to go out a day like this and get the fodder in out of the 

 snow, I am sure lie would prefer to have it in the barn. 



Prof. Mumford — How many in the audience have shredded fodder 



