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that time the lower leaves were beginning to turn yellow. We put this 

 corn into large shocks and fed from the field as we needed it. At the 

 close of the first week of January we fed corn planted thinner; this 

 happened because the seed was not good, only about 60 per cent of the 

 seed germinating, and nearly every stalk contained a nubbin of corn. 

 The cows received the second week of January just as much by weight 

 of the corn that contained ears, and by the close of the week we saw a 

 marked shrinkage in the herd, save one, and that one gained, but did not 

 gain as much as she did the week previous, when she was fed on the 

 corn containing no ears. We have on several occasions had such marked 

 illustrations of the value of fodder corn containing no ears, and planted 

 this late in the season and cut early. 



Q. What kind was it? 



A. The Dent corn. We could not follow that method if we used corn 

 received from Illinois or Iowa. 



Q. How close do you plant it? 



A.In drills. The kernels are from two to four inches apart. , Each 

 row is composed of two drills six inches apart, and the rows are forty- 

 four inches apart. It requires about 60 pounds of seed to the acre. 

 With us corn planted in this way yields about one-third more available 

 nutriment per acre than is secured by planting the corn in hills. The 

 large corn planted close yields the best. 



Mr. Gurler: What large kind? 



A. That produced from southern grown seed. 



Q. I would like to ask about the palatability of this corn. 



A. All kinds of stock are exceedingly fond of it; if run through a 

 cutter they will eat it all, and if fed whole, only the coarsest portion of 

 the stalk will be left. In higher latitudes, where the stalks are fine, they 

 eat it all. It also seems more easily digested than ordinary corn stover. 



Q. How many tons to the acre? 



A. Our experiments in that direction show some very peculiar things. 



No matter when we plant our corn, be it the middle of May, June, or 

 as late as the 13th of July, the yield of corn fodder is practically about 

 seven or eight tons of cured fodder per acre. 



