144 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Chart No. 5. 



Indian Corn, Yields per Acre. 



Tasselled, July 30 : — 



Green weight (pounds), 18,045 



Water (pounds), 16,426 



Dry matter (pounds) , 1,619 



Silked, August 9 : — 



Green weight (pounds) , 25,745 



Water (pounds), 22,666 



Dry matter (pounds), ...... 3,079 



In milk, August 21 : — 



Green weight (pounds), 32,650 



Water (pounds), 27,957 



Dry matter (pounds) , 4,693 



Glazed, September 7 : — 



Green weight (pounds), 32,295 



Water (pounds), 25,093 



Dry matter (pounds) , 7,202 



Ripe, September 23 : — 



Green weight (poimds), 28,460 



Water (pounds), 20,542 



Dry matter (poimds) , 7,918 



We cannot get these substances containing dry matter 

 anywhere else as cheaply as through the corn stalk and put 

 them into money values, and if the crop for feeding purpo^ses is 

 worth sixteen dollars at the tasselling stage the same crop is 

 worth seventy-two dollars for feeding at the glazed stage 

 of growth. That is why we cannot afford to cut Indian 

 corn stalks at the tasselling stage and feed them to our cows 

 in the summer instead of pasture. It does not pay to cut a 

 corn stalk down at the earlv stas-e of its orrowth. It is like 

 cutting a man off when he is twenty-five years old ; because 

 if a man is worth anything to anybody at that age, he is 

 worth nmch more when he is older, — he should keep on 

 doing more and doing better as he develops and matures. 

 Corn should be cut at the glazing stage, when the corn 

 kernels have passed out of the doughy stage. We wait until 

 the lower leaves are yellow, and the corn is ready for the 

 silo at that time. 



