USES OF FODDER CORN 89 



timothy, alfalfa, and the other grasses that are usually grown 

 for forage. On most farms where as much of these grass 

 crops is grown as is advisable in a good system of cropping 

 and where a maximum quantity of corn for grain or silage 

 is produced, there is usually enough roughage so that it is 

 not necessan r to grow fodder corn. It has, however, great 

 value as a catch crop. In years when one has failed to get 



Fig. 30. The corn binder for cutting corn for fodder OT silage. Much 

 corn is also cut by hand or by some form of cutter which does not bind 

 it into bundles. 



a catch of grass or when, owing to drouth, the hay crop is 

 short, it is often advisable to plant enough fodder corn to 

 insure sufficient roughage to meet the requirements of the 

 live stock kept on the farm. 



104. Production of Fodder Corn. Fodder corn will 

 grow on soil that will produce any of the common farm 

 crops, though for its best growth a warm, rich, moist soil is 



