. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . hy with equal parts stover and clover hayfor steers on full feed. 1899, two-year-old steers, 119 days, four steers in each lot, fullfeed of shelled corn. Corn eaten, bushels Roughness eaten, lbs Total gain, lbs Average daily gain, lbs Grain per 11> ,rain, lbs Gain per bushel of corn a Clover hay. b Corn stover, Corn andtimothy hay 1663,8
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . hy with equal parts stover and clover hayfor steers on full feed. 1899, two-year-old steers, 119 days, four steers in each lot, fullfeed of shelled corn. Corn eaten, bushels Roughness eaten, lbs Total gain, lbs Average daily gain, lbs Grain per 11> ,rain, lbs Gain per bushel of corn a Clover hay. b Corn stover, Corn andtimothy hay 1663,813 Corn, cloverhay andcorn stover 185«1,626£1, 1900, two-year-old steers, 105 days, four steers in each lot, full feed of corn. Corn eaten, bushels Roughness eaten, lbs Total gain, lbs Average daily gain, lbs .. (Train per lb train, lbs Gain per bushel of corn a Clover hav. b Corn stover, Corn andtimothy hay 1572,540 Corn,cloverhay andcorn stover 176 a2,475 b 868 1,140 othy crop after it had been grown and required onlyto be harvested to be available as a feed. There is inthe light of the results of the foregoing experimentsquite as little justification for the waste of his stover. o. co « IT a a B E § -3; 222 THE BOOK OF CORN SILOING VS FIELD CURING The practice of preserving the green corn plant inthe silo has grown rapidly in favor, especially withthe dairy farmer, It commends itself upon the groundthat a large quantity of material may be stored in acomparatively small space. Green and succulent foodis thereby provided for the winter months. The greenplant is more palatable, the coarser parts of the stalkbeing much more completely consumed when madeinto silage. The harvesting is done during the pleas-ant weather in the early fall, and the drudgery ofhandling dry stover in winter is obviated. It is cheaperon the whole than to be at the expense of husking andgrinding the ears and cutting or shredding the stov
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