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digestible matter when in roasting ear stage one and 

 five-tenths tons, and when fully ripe two and eight- 



tenths tons. 



Again when 



the field-cured fodder is 



Fig 41— Corn Ready to Cut for Fodder 



allowed to remain in the shock until required for feed- 

 ing, as is the custom throughout much of the corn belt 

 of America, it has been found that the more mature 

 plants keep much better than those harvested green, 



