148 FORAGE CROPS 
tains very much less crude fiber. A good crop of 
corn should yield about three tons per acre. 
A mistaken idea is that the thicker the corn is 
seeded, the larger will be the yield of food per 
acre, and in many instances the corn is sown 
broadeast or planted exceedingly thick in the row 
with this notion in mind. While the forage will be 
a little more digestible and a little richer in pro- 
tein under this treatment, the yield of total 
nutrients per acre is usually very much less than 
if planted in the ordinary way and tilled, since the 
thick-seeded crop will be likely to suffer from lack 
of moisture, and it is much more exhaustive per 
unit of dry matter on the fertilizer constituents of 
the land. It is not a desirable practice to broad- 
east corn unless for hog pasture, or as catch-ecrop, 
and even then the advantages are not always 
apparent. 
Sweet corn dry fodder 
As already pointed out, sweet corn is an excel- 
lent source of nutrients, because it does not grow 
quite so coarse as the ordinary field varieties, and 
because it is very palatable and contains a highly 
digestible form of carbohydrates. As in the case 
of other fodders, if grown primarily for dried 
fodder, the seeding should be relatively thick, so 
as not to permit too heavy earing, although the 
presence of ears is not so undesirable as in field 
