i9o6.] Utilization of Green Maize for Fodder. 229 



Journal (December, 1904, p. 544), in which two solutions are 

 mentioned, viz., 2^ oz. of coal tar, 2^ oz, petroleum mixed with 

 one quart of water per bushel of seed ; and i i h pints of coal tar; 

 Sf pints of petroleum, pints of carbolic acid to 5 quarters of 

 seed. In making the latter mixture the coal tar should be made 

 quite hot, the petroleum added and then the carbolic acid, the 

 whole being well stirred ; this should be poured on the grain at 

 the rate of about 2 pints to 4 bushels.. This must be stirred up 

 quickly till each grain is blackened. In order to dry the seed 

 about 2 pints of phosphate of lime must be mixed in afterwards,- 



Maize is a crop which can be successfully grown in the 

 southern and south-eastern counties of England, and it provides 

 a large bulk of succulent material for fodder. 



Utilization of jj^^ ^^.^p maybe utilized in several ways. 

 Green Maize for . , , ^ , ; 



Fodder.* l\. is found to be very useful for scattermg 



on bare pastures in August and September, 



where it is readily eaten by all kinds of stock, not excluding 



pigs. In America, and to some extent in this country, the main 



value of the crop is due to the opportunity it provides, through 



the agency of ensilage, of securing a supply of nutritious 



succulent material for use in the winter and spring months. 



The quality of the silage that maize produces is excelled by 



that of no other crop. If maize be utilized in this way, it should 



stand till it is as mature as it is likely to become in this country^ 



though it must be got off the fields before the occurrence of 



autumn frosts. Generally speaking, the latter half of September 



is the best time to make maize silage, which may be produced 



in stacks, draw-heaps, silos, pits, &c. (For general information 



in regard to ensilage, see Leaflet No. 9.) The practice of several 



farmers is to utilize as much of the crop as possible in a green 



condition, and, about the middle of September, to make what 



remains into silage. In order to admit of the completion of the 



fermentative changes, it is desirable not to feed maize silage to 



stock till well into spring. At that time a good sample is of a 



greenish brown colour, and emits an aroma almost indis- 



* See Leaflet No. 73. 



