The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Value of Flint and Dent Corn 
Can you give any information in re¬ 
gard to the food value of the yellow dent 
corn, as raised for silage in New York 
State, compared with the flint variety or 
so-called field corn?, Both supposed to 
be fully matured and taking the same 
number of pounds of shelled corn for 
comparison. H. A. 
Fort Plain, N. Y. 
In the various sections of New York 
State where comparisons of flint and dent 
corns for silage purposes have been made 
under conditions such that the varieties 
of both -types of corn were in the ideal 
stage for silage at feeding time, it has 
been found that the dent varieties yield 
about 20 per cent more per acre than the 
flints. Many analyses of these two types 
of corn have been made at their various 
stages of maturity. A summary of these 
analyses shows that when dent corn is 
glazing it contains 26.2 per cent of dry 
matter and 17.8 per cent of digestible 
nutrients, whereas flint corn at the same 
stage of maturity shows 21 per cent of 
dry matter and 14.7 per cent of digesti¬ 
ble nutrients. Thus it appears that, in 
any given section a variety of dent corn 
which reaches the glazing or denting 
stage is better for silage than a flint va¬ 
riety which reaches the same stage of 
maturity, because, first, the dent corn 
yields more per acre, and. secondly, it pro¬ 
duces a larger percentage of dry matter 
and digestible nutrients. 
On the other hand, if the comparison 
is between a flint corn which reaches the 
proper stage of maturity for silage and 
a dent variety which comes only to the 
tasseling or earlv milk stage, and this is 
a rather usual condition in New York 
State, the story is somewhat different. 
In such a case the dent variety will pro¬ 
duce about 40 per cent more total ma¬ 
terial per acre, but its dry matter con¬ 
tent is so low and the digestibility of the 
nutrients contained so poor that it pro¬ 
duces no more digestible food per acre, 
and oftentimes less than the flint va¬ 
riety which reaches the glazing stage. 
The answer as given above to II. A.’s 
question implies that the best stage of 
maturity for silage corn is the glazing or 
dent stage, and that dent varieties which 
reach the desired degree of maturity are 
superior to flint varieties reaching the 
same degree of maturity. This answer 
must not be misconstrued as necessarily 
condemning flint corns for silage pur¬ 
poses, because in some sections of the 
Northeastern States only flint varieties 
are early enough to reach the proper 
stage of maturity for the best'sua'ge. Tin¬ 
der such conditions flint varieties should 
be used for silage purposes. 
JOHN II. BARRON. 
Cornell University, Ithaca. N. Y r . 
Seeding Clover with Peas and Oats 
Have any of your readers had any ex¬ 
perience in seeding clover with peas and 
oats? As a rule we seed clover in the 
latter part of March, if possible on the 
snow, or when the land is honeycombed 
by frost. It is generally as late as the 
middle of April before we put in our peas 
and oats. Would that be too late to seed 
the clover, and would the forage crop bo 
too heavy and have a tendency to smother 
out the clover. S. H. R. 
We want practical experience with this. 
We have found it pretty much a matter 
of season and soil. The peas and oats 
make a rank growth, and if the soil is 
dry the young clover has a very poor 
chance. We have had a fair “catch” of 
clover in peas and oats when the season 
is moist. In a dry time the clover is 
usually killed. 
Manurial Value of Rotted Peavines 
What is rotted pea silage worth per 
ton for manure? Is the good silage worth 
$2 per ton for manure? This is the pea 
fodder left at the canning factory. I low 
does it compare with clover plowed un¬ 
der? Will it hurt the land, make it sour, 
etc.? I can get all I can draw of the rot¬ 
ted fodder for nothing. w. C. S. 
Brockport, N. Y. 
From the pea silage examined in the 
piles outside canneries, it has been found 
that the rotted portion on the outside is 
worth one-half as much as green clover. 
The pure silage, taken from the center, is 
a little more valuable than the green 
clover. Of course, when the pile burns 
ammonia is lost and value lost. T. n. T. 
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