. Bulletin : report of Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, Ala. Agriculture -- Alabama. 378 to be pulled, and for the ears alone to be harvested from an- other set of rows. Circumstances prevented a test of the effect of stripping or fodder pulling, but the other compari- sons were carried to a conclusion. August 13, on a portion of the field the tops were cut just above the ear. At that date the lower leaves had "fired" too much to make good fodder. August 22 on other rows the entire stalks were cut, put into large shocks and left until Sept
. Bulletin : report of Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, Ala. Agriculture -- Alabama. 378 to be pulled, and for the ears alone to be harvested from an- other set of rows. Circumstances prevented a test of the effect of stripping or fodder pulling, but the other compari- sons were carried to a conclusion. August 13, on a portion of the field the tops were cut just above the ear. At that date the lower leaves had "fired" too much to make good fodder. August 22 on other rows the entire stalks were cut, put into large shocks and left until Sept. 12. A third set of rows remained undisturbed until Sept. 12. On this last date the ears were pulled from all three classes of plants, viz: (1) those not previously disturbed, (2) those plants which had been topped, and (3) those stalks which had been cut near the ground and shocked. Weather conditions were favorable to the curing of the stalks. The following table gives the yields per acre both of grain and forage on the plots differently treated: Yield per acre of corn and forage from different methods of harvesting. Methods of Harvesting. Only ears harvested Tops cut and ears harvested Entire stalks cut and ears afterwards har Forage per acre. ~Lbi. 00 3L2 (tops) 2103 (stalks) Apparently both topping and cutting the stalks before pulling the ears injuriously affected the yield of grain. We have next to consider whether the forage gained by harvesting tops or stalks exceeded in value the grain which seems to have been lost by these processes. With corn at 45 cents per bushel, tops at 50 cents per 100 lbs., and entire stalks with adhering blades at 25 cents per 100 lbs., and assuming that the different plots were uni- form in fertility, we obtain the following financial results:. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfect
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