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gather what they will. There may be cases where animals seek 

 out the smut and eat inordinately of it. 



256. Fertilizing constituents.— The table shows that corn fodder 

 carries a fair amount of nitrogen, percentagely. Because of the 

 large tonnage, the crop takes from the land a considerable quan- 

 tity of this element. Stover is quite rich in potash. 



On the whole, the corn crop in any form must be regarded as 

 a carbohydrate crop and utilized on that basis. Its complement 

 in feeding is clover or some legume, and these latter plants should 

 always be grown on the same farm in order to keep the fields in 

 good fertility as well as furnish the stock nitrogen and mineral 

 matter, in which corn is somewhat deficient. 

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