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CORN 



in hills 3 inches apart yielded 3.6 tons of stover to I of grain, 

 while that planted 12 inches apart yielded 1.3 tons of stover to 1 ton 

 of grain. The former yielded 59 bushels per acre, 13 of which were 

 good and 46 poor. The corn planted 3 inches apart in the row 

 yielded about 600 pounds more digestible matter per acre than that 

 12 inches apart. Too much importance should not be placed on 

 this increased yield, for in a dry year, the reverse might have resulted. 

 The fact that 46 bushels out of 59 produced in the corn 3 inches 

 apart were poor in quality, is an important consideration. 



CORN IN THE SHOCK. 



METHODS OF FEEDING CORN FODDER. Feeding Whole. 



Bound corn fodder is much more conveniently handled than that 

 which is loose. When fed on the hillside in the pasture the bands 

 need not be cut. This practice has the advantage of keeping the waste 

 stalks away from the barnyard, besides aiding very much in the 

 spring of the 3^ear in holding the moisture which would otherwise run 

 ofT. Some waste follows the feeding of corn fodder on the ground, 

 but in dry winter weather it furnishes a means of drawing breeding 

 stock out for exercise. 



