224 



COBJSf CROPS 



to turn the farm live stock into the fields during the 

 winter months to eat what they will of the leaves, husks, 

 and smaller parts of the stalk. 



TIME OF HARVESTING 



152. The object should be to harvest at such a time as 

 to secure the maximum amount of digestible food. The 

 total dry weight continues to increase up to the time of 

 ripening, as shown by the following data : — 



TABLE LIII 



Increase op Drv Weight as reported by Three Stations 



lAnn. Rpt. 1S89. ^ U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 97: 12. 



5 Kans. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 30 : 181-207. 



At the time when corn is in tassel or in silk, less than 

 one-half the drj^ weight has been developed. Increase 

 in dry weight continues up to maturity. There was an 

 average increase of 16 per cent from the time corn was 

 glazed to time of maturity. There is an increase not 

 only in total dry weight, but in all valuable constituents, 

 as shown by the following data from the Michigan sta- 

 tion : — 



