MAIZE FOR SOILING 133 
CORN FOR GREEN FORAGE OR SOILING 
The choice of variety and method of growing 
should be modified to meet the special require- 
ments of soiling. It should be remembered that 
the purpose in the growing of soiling crops is not 
nutriment alone, but rather a combination of suc- 
culence, palatability and nutrients. Those varieties 
that make most rapid growth and develop early 
are, all things considered, more desirable than 
those that give a larger proportion of stalk and 
ear to leaf, because the shorter period of growth 
enables the gathering of two crops of green forage 
in one season as far north as New Jersey. The 
Rural Thoroughbred White Flint represents a 
type that gives excellent satisfaction in the Middle 
States, as it possesses in marked degree the char- 
acteristics already recommended. The branching 
habit is also well developed; from three to four 
stalks will sucker from the main stem, thus gradu- 
ally thickening and maintaining the succulent char- 
acter of the forage for a longer period than those 
not possessing this habit. In New Jersey and 
points south, this variety, if planted by May 1, 
will be ready for harvesting by the middle of July; 
and if another crop is planted at this time, it will 
reach a good stage of development previous to kill- 
ing frosts that occur as early as the first week in 
October. Notwithstanding the possibility of secur- 
