THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



rows 3 feet apart. Adopt shallow cultivation 

 between the rows, to keep down weeds, until 

 growth of foliage makes it impracticable. 



Harvesting corn for the silo was one of the 

 worst mistakes of my farm management. I 

 had been assured that really green corn was 

 the most succulent, and therefore the most ap- 

 propriate. Accordingly, the first years, the 

 silage was lacking in feed value, for it has 

 been proven that corn does not possess all its 

 feed values until immediately prior to ripen- 

 ing. " Modern Silo Methods " gives Profes- 

 sor Ladd's analysis of corn at five different 

 stages of growth, from full tasseling to ma- 

 turity (see table on p. 100). 



Which conclusively shows that ripe corn 

 contains the greatest supply of food value; 

 but careful trial of digestive qualities proved 

 that the period immediately before ripening, 

 when the kernels are just becoming firm and 

 slightly glossy in appearance, is the most eco- 

 nomic time to cut for the silo, especially as 

 immature corn causes it to deteriorate in the 



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