HARVESTING. QQ 
CEP Tere Vill: 
HARVESTING. 
The general results of investigation indicate 
that when the kernel on the ear has become 
glazed or hard on the surface, even though 
somewhat soft within, it contains as much nu- 
triment as it will possess at anytime. Further 
ripening does not seem to materially affect the 
grain composition. 
Time for cutting.—In experiments at the 
lowa station* five plats were cut at periods 
varying from Sept. 17 to Oct. 13. Plat I was 
cut when the kernels were “in the dough,” not 
quite all dented, and leaves green; plat II, ker- 
nels well dented and leaves just beginning to 
dry: plat III, kernels ripened and blades about 
half dry; plat IV, kernels thoroughly ripened 
and blades and husk rapidly drying up; plat 
VY, blades and husk nearly all dry. There was 
no noteworthy difference in crude protein in 
the dry matter between the first and last cut- 
* Bulletin 23, lowa agricultural experiment station, 1893, 
pp. 874-880. 
