. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. Fig. 861. leosinte L The crop is given much the same cultivation as corn, and is fertilized as for corn or sorghum. Fig. 861 illustrates the luxuriant growth. Harvesting and yield. Teosinte is seldom used in any way except as a soiling crop. Its great succulence and the fact that it is usually grown where there is much rain renders it nearly impossible to cure it for fodder. It
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. Fig. 861. leosinte L The crop is given much the same cultivation as corn, and is fertilized as for corn or sorghum. Fig. 861 illustrates the luxuriant growth. Harvesting and yield. Teosinte is seldom used in any way except as a soiling crop. Its great succulence and the fact that it is usually grown where there is much rain renders it nearly impossible to cure it for fodder. It has occasionally been ensiled and is said to make a fair quality of silage. When used as a soiling crop, it furnishes several cuttings during the season. It is best cut when four or five feet high, as it becomes less palatable if allowed to mature much beyond this. When grown for fodder it may be cut late in the season, and the amount of feed secured will be practically as great as that secured by cutting it several times during the season. When grown for seed in Florida, the plants are sometimes cut once or twice before they are allowed to run to seed. The seed is ready to har- vest in December. It is run through an ordinary grain thresher and sold by sample. The yields of forage are enormous, placing teo- sinte at the head of the grasses in the yields per acre. Harvests of eighteen to thirty tons per acre are not uncommon. When to this great yielding property is added the fact that the entire plant is relished by stock, its importance as a forage crop is readily understood. The stalks are tender and nutritious, and none of the plant is wasted. Although teosinte has been known for a long time, it has almost no standing as a farm crop in this country. It is utterly useless to plant it on any except moist, rich soil, and such soil is not common in the section where it is grown. The fact that practically its sole use is for soiling purposes greatly limits its usefulness as a far
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