A STUDY OF THE MATURE CORN PLANT 35 



and follow the threads of silk to their attachment to the 

 grains. At about this time there is a great abundance of 

 yellow powder flying in the air and scattered over the 

 ground. What is this powder and why so much of it? 

 When a corn plant grows in a place far from any other corn, 

 what kind of an ear does it develop? 



Corn when cut and cured in the field is called fodder, 

 but after the ears have been removed, the stalks minus the 

 ears are known as corn stover. When the entire plant is 

 harvested while it is yet green and placed in the silo with- 

 out curing, the resulting material is called corn silage. Green 

 corn preserved in the silo is used extensively as a feed for 

 dairy cattle. 



It is estimated that there is produced about one and 

 one-third pounds of stover for each pound of ears, and that 

 for every pound of dry matter in the roots and stubs six 

 pounds are produced in. the plant above ground. 



