TIME OF HARVESTING 367 



2 67.0 



2>^ ^ 77.5 



3 790 



3>^ 77.7 



4 80.0 



A'A 87.0 



5 88.0 



Experiments repeated three times with Legal Tender, Reid's Yel 



low Dent, and home-grown seed, conducted by Mr. Fred McCulloch, 

 of Hartwick, Iowa, gave the following results : 



Kernels Per Hill. Yield Per Acre, Bushels. 



2 40.0 



3 , 47-5 



ji- 



'2 



.56.0 



4 5&0 



One experiment by Mr. McCulloch showing yield of grain and 

 stover : 



Yield. 

 Kernels Per Hill. Grain, Bushels. Stover, Pounds. 



1 28.17 1,620 



2 44.69 2,480 



3 54-53 3.168 



4 57-6 3.616 



VARIETIES. Heavy leafing varieties and those which have a 

 tendency to excessive tillering produce more fodder than those vari- 

 eties which have long been selected for grain production only. Vari- 

 eties adapted to a given locality furnish the surest returns, although 

 the southern rank growing kinds produce a great deal of coarse for- 

 age. 



TIME OF HARVESTING. An Iowa Test. Bulletin No. 23 of 

 the Iowa Experiment Station gives the results of an investigation to 

 determine the best time to cut corn fodder. The following conclu- 

 sions were reached : 



1. The stover of a crop of corn seems to reach the highest yield 

 and the best condition for feeding at the stage of growth indicated by 

 a well-dented kernel and the first drying of the blades. 



2. The grain of a crop of corn seems to reach the highest yield 

 and the best condition for utility at the stage of growth indicated bv 

 a well-ripened ear and a half-dried blade, and the best time for secur- 

 ing the crop with reference to the highest utility of both corn and 

 stover would be found at a stage of ripening between the above. 



