100 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
ting. The widest variation in per cent of car- 
bohydrates was less than one per cent, while 
there was a slight increase in fat from first to 
last cutting.- In any case the feeding value of 
the corn does not seem to be affected. As might 
have been expected, the corn-fodder was in- 
jured in quality by delaying cutting after the 
grain was mature. There was a depreciation 
in crude protein in the fodder from 8.47 in plat 
I, to 4.05 per cent in plat V, and this loss in- 
creased from week to week. Fodder that was 
left uneut in the field till December was ma- 
terially damaged. There was also a great loss 
in fat, this per cent falling from 1.11 to 0.29 
per cent. There was something of an increase 
in crude fiber and carbohydrates, but this would 
not affect the loss of the more important food 
components. The largest amounts of dry mat- 
ter from an acre, 6,782 105. in fodder and ker- 
nels combined, was secured from the second 
cutting. 
Among the conclusions reached, as based on 
this study, are the following: 
(1) The stover of a crop of corn seems to reach the high- 
est yield and the best condition for feeding at the stage of 
growth indicated by a well-dented kernel and the first dry- 
ing of the blades. (2) The grain of a crop of corn seems to 
reach the highest yield and the best condition for utility at 
the stage of growth indicated by a well-ripened ear and half- 
dried blade, and the best time for securing the crop with 
reference to the highest utility of both corn and stover would 
be found at a stage of ripening between the above.” 
