HARVESTING. 101 



These general results and conclusions are 

 such as have been accepted on the basis of pre- 

 vious investigations.. At the Kansas station 

 corn cut in the milk stage (Aug, 20^ yielded 

 35.5 bu. grain and 2.4 tons of fodder per acre; 

 in the dough (Aug. 28), 51 bu. grain and 2.4 

 tons fodder; when ripe (Sept. 18), 74 bu. grain 

 and 2.7 tons fodder.* These results agree with 

 work at that station for the three years in suc- 

 cession. 



Cutting for silage. — Where corn is cut for 

 silage the crop should be harvested when well 

 glazed or dented. At the Minnesota station, 

 where corn grown for silage was cut from Sept. 

 4 to 24, the dry matter in a dent variety in- 

 creased from 11.4 to 19.7 per cent, and in a 

 sweet variety from 9.1 to 13.3 per cent.f At 

 the New York State station the dry matter per 

 acre in B. & W. corn cut for silage Sept. 11 was 

 5,004 lbs., and on Sept. 29, 5,660 lbs. In 1889, 

 with King Philip corn, there was an increase 

 in the total amount of dry matter and in the 

 nutritive value of its constituents as the crop 

 approached maturity.:}: At the Cornell Uni- 

 versity station similar returns were secured 

 • 



* Kansas agricultural experiment station, Bulletin No. 30. 



t Minnesota agricultural experiment station, Bulletin 

 No. 7. 



t New York State agricultural experiment station. Seventh 

 iiunual report, 1889, p. 88. 



