Productive farming . Fig. 79.—Corn-drying rack. CORN 145 4. Stripping the blades of corn before the ears are har-vested is quite common in some parts of the South. The laboris too great to compensate for the crop of forage thus secured. 5. Topping is a name given to the practice, in somelocalities, of cutting the stalks just above the ears. This isas much labor as to cut and shock the whole Fig. 80.—Silo filling. This silo is made from wooden .staves and steel lioops,a structure common in the Eastern States. The ears and stall^s are cut tine andcarried up into tlie silo by the endless c
Productive farming . Fig. 79.—Corn-drying rack. CORN 145 4. Stripping the blades of corn before the ears are har-vested is quite common in some parts of the South. The laboris too great to compensate for the crop of forage thus secured. 5. Topping is a name given to the practice, in somelocalities, of cutting the stalks just above the ears. This isas much labor as to cut and shock the whole Fig. 80.—Silo filling. This silo is made from wooden .staves and steel lioops,a structure common in the Eastern States. The ears and stall^s are cut tine andcarried up into tlie silo by the endless chain. 6. In some sections the ears are husked from the stand-ing stalks late in fall or in winter. This is done by drivingthrough the field with a wagon having a large box, into whichthe ears of corn are thrown by the men doing the stalks are wasted, but cattle are allowed topick over the field and eat the ears that were skipped. Aconsiderable amount of fodder is also eaten by the 146 PRODUCTIVE FARMING 7. In some southern sections where the attacks of thegrain weevils are bad, it has become the practice to jerkthe ears and store them unhusked. The \Aork required tojerk the corn and afterwards husk it is greater than huskingfrom the standing stallvs. But most of the jerked corn isfed to stock without husking.
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