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twenty-five days, the plantings should be made 
two or three weeks apart. Of course, a similar 
succession may be obtained by the use of the 
early-maturing and the late-maturing varieties, 
but the later varieties do not make so good green 
forage as the early ones. 
CoMPOSITION OF THOROUGHBRED WHITE FLINT Corn (GREEN) 
Average Fodder Average 
Oneton acreyield cecorn, ali Oneton acre yield 
contains furnishes varieties contains furnishes 
Per cent Lbs. Lbs. Percent Lbs. Lbs. 
Water... 80.27 ... ei orde 79.30 er 
Dry matter. 19.73 394.6 3946.0 20.70 414.0 414.0 
Ether extract 0.62 12.4 124.0 0.50 10.0 100.0 
Fiber ... 3.78 75.6 756.0 5.00 100.0 1000.0 
Protein .. 1.65 33.0 330.0 1.80 36.0 360.0 
Ash .... 0.86 17.2 172.0 1.20 24.0 240.0 
Nitrogen-free 
extract. . 12.82 256.4 2564.0 12.20 244.0 2440.0 
The yield of the Thoroughbred White Flint has 
ranged, at the New Jersey Station, from ten to fif- 
teen tons per acre, with an average of about ten 
tons, containing 20 per cent of dry matter. Two 
crops of ten tons each would yield about four tons 
of dry matter per acre of a highly digestible and 
very satisfactory forage. 
SWEET CORN FOR GREEN FORAGE 
Owing to the very palatable nature of sweet 
corn, it is frequently recommended for green for- 
age, If suitable varieties are chosen and planted 
