726 



" Plat Xo. 1, tops cut al)ove ears, leaving;- blades on stalks below; 

 Plat No. 2, left without touebiDji; until rii>e and thorou/^bly dead; Plat 

 Xo. 3, leaves stiipixM] from entire stalk lor fodder, leaviny,' only the 

 stalks aiul ears standing ; Plat No. 1, tops cut above the ears, and leaves 

 pulled below, leaving only the naked stalk up to and including the ear." 



The plats were all manured alike and received the same general 

 treatment. Dry weatlier diminislu'd the yield "at least one third in 

 each case." The yield and conii)osition of the shelled corn, the cal- 

 culated nutritive ratios of the fodders, and tlie linaueial results are 

 tabulated. The yield of shelled corn from the 4 plats was 17.45, 

 17.22, 15.11, and KJ.OT bushels per acre, respectively, and there was only 

 a slight dilference in its comiKJsition. The yield of tops from plat 1 

 was 1,093 pounds (cost i)er ton $2.1.'i); of leaves from plat 3, 427 pounds 

 (costperton >'7.(»7): and of lea v«'s and tops from i)lat 4,1.3(i7 ])oundsi)er 

 acre (cost per ton >«2.2."»), The yield of whoh' fodder from jdal 2 is not 

 given. The lea\ cs proved the richest fodder, as is iudieatetl by the fol- 

 lowing analyses: 



Fodder from diffvrcni jiaris 0/ corn jilant. 



Protein 



J'at 



Crude lilnT. 

 Carbolivdrat 



Ash..." 



AVater 



Si) fiU" as llic rust of ^:i11ii'i'iii;i ami sinriiifj redder is cDiiconHMl, llicro ran lie ii()(|iu'8- 

 tioii til at saviiiji fodilrr in aiiv one til' tiif lliri-.f ways nifiitioiifd is a ]M°i>litalil<' ]ira<'ti«'i«. 

 Couiitiiij^ c'«)st ill racli rase and tin- valiu- «»t' tin' dillVn-iit luddcrs. and t'spccially the 

 fBV«t on yitdd of corn «>f tin- dinVimt plans of j^atln riiiLC fodilcr, the itracticc i>f ]>ull- 

 ing li'avi's only will l»o fonnd un)iriilitaldc as ('oni]iai'<'d with <'uttin;j; top.i only, or 

 cnttinfj tt^ps alio\«' anil imllinti havts Im-1ow tlir «>ai"s. f)f tin- two latter i)lans wc 

 have conn* to tlir loiulusion that it is more ]irotitalilc, one yi-ar with anolhcr. to cnt 

 tops only. 



[Kej,'urdini,' the linii' for toppin;^ or pnliinjj. it is nroniMirndrd In] let the corn stand 

 until the ears are will hardened — never mind if the lowest leaves are even tnriiing 

 dry and yellow — as late aspossilde. so that the fodder is saved, while the n]»]»er leaves, 

 stalk, and the onter Inisks of the ear are .still }n'<'''»- 



In conclnsion, we would say to all fariniiH in this section of the country: Do not 

 neglect to save what fodder is made in growing corn, and grow at lea.st enough corn 

 to supply what fodder is really needed for the stock ke])t on hand. 



Washington Station, Bulletin No. 2. January. 1892 (pp. 20). 



Report or iwkmeus* institi tk at Colton, W AsniN(;n»N (pp. 

 21-.'}<»). — TiiisincliKh's papers on the following subjects read by mein]>ers 

 of the station staffat the farmers* institute held at ("ulion, Wasliinytmi, 



