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ting. The widest variation in per cent of car- 

 bohydrates was less than one per cent, while 

 there was a slight increase in fat from first to 

 last cutting. In any case the feeding value of 

 the corn does not seem to be affected. As might 

 have been expected, the corn-fodder was in- 

 jured in quality by delaying cutting after the 

 grain was mature. There was a depreciation 

 in crude protein in the fodder from 8.47 in plat 

 I, to 4.05 per cent in plat V, and this loss in- 

 creased from week to week. Fodder that was 

 left uncut in the field till December was ma- 

 terially damaged. There was also a great loss 

 in fat, this per cent falling from 1.11 to 0.29 

 per cent. There was something of an increase 

 in crude fiber and carbohydrates; but this would 

 not affect the loss of the more important food 

 components. The largest amounts of dry mat- 

 ter from an acre, 6,782 lbs. in fodder and ker- 

 nels combined, was secured from the second 

 cutting. 



Among the conclusions reached, as based on 

 this study, are the following: 



"(1) The stover of a crop of corn seems to reach the high- 

 est yield and tlie best condition for feeding at the stage of 

 growth indicated by a well-dented kernel and the first dry- 

 ing 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 by a well-ripened ear and hal f- 

 dried blade", and the best time for securing the crop with 

 reference to the highest utility of both corn and stover would 

 be found at a stage of ripening between the above." 



