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twenty -five days, the plantings should be made 

 two or three weeks apart. Of course, a similar 

 succession may be obtained by the use of the 

 early- maturing and the late -maturing varieties, 

 but the later varieties do not make so good green 

 forage as the early ones. 



The yield of the Thoroughbred White Flint has 

 ranged, at the New Jersey Station, from ten to fif- 

 teen tons per acre, with an average of about ten 

 tons, containing 20 per cent of dry matter. Two 

 crops of ten tons each would yield about four tons 

 of dry matter per acre of a highly digestible and 

 very satisfactory forage. 



SWEET CORN FOR GREEN FORAGE 



Owing to the very palatable nature of sweet 

 corn, it is frequently recommended for green for- 

 age. If suitable varieties are chosen and planted 



