GRAINS AND SEEDS 



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Corn. — Corn is not only the most important concentrate 

 of the corn-belt, but it is also the most important single 

 feedingstuff grown in the United States. The reason for 

 this Hes in the fact that, under favorable conditions, corn 

 will produce upon the same acreage a greater amount of 

 digestible nutrients than almost any other crop. It will 

 produce about twice as much as any of the other cereals. 

 Table 24 clearly illustrates this point. 



Table 24. — Yield of Digestible Nutrients per Acre 



Crop 



Digestible Nu- 

 trients PER 

 Acre 



Corn — Grain 



Stover . 

 Oats — Grain 

 Straw 

 Barley — Grain . 

 Straw . 

 Wheat — Grain . 

 Straw . 

 Soy beans — Grain 

 Straw 

 Cowpeas — Grain 

 Straw 



Clover hay 

 Alfalfa hay . 

 Cowpea hay . 

 Timothy hay 

 Shock corn 

 Corn silage . 

 Green corn 

 Sorghum (green) 

 Sugar beets . . 

 Mangels . . . 

 Rape .... 



50 



U 

 40 



U 

 40 



1 

 20 



1 

 15 



1 

 12 



1 



bu. 



tons 



bu. 



tons 



bu. 



ton 



bu. 



ton 



bu. 



ton 



bu. 



ton 



4 tons 



2\ tons 



1| tons 



3| tons 



10 tons 



10 tons 



10 tons 



20 tons 



20 tons 



10 tons 



Lh. 



3795 



2045 



2278 



1661 



1392 



1332 



2335 

 4152 

 2490 

 1437 

 2681 

 3260 

 2660 

 2500 

 4480 

 2680 

 2080 



