Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture . ? riii I ^li miliilillimWIiUliiillilifcNi Kig 24 Roots of kafir corn, sixty days after planting. KAFIR COBjY in DRY REGIONS 115 Harvesting time for grain Kafir corn remains green until frost, and theseed does not shatter; so, if grain is the only con-sideration, there is no great hurry to harvest; itcan stand until after frost and the stalk is , generally, the fodder is a consideration, aswell as the grain, and then the problem is to cutwhen the best results from both may be Fig. 25. Koots of sorghum, sixty days alter planti
Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture . ? riii I ^li miliilillimWIiUliiillilifcNi Kig 24 Roots of kafir corn, sixty days after planting. KAFIR COBjY in DRY REGIONS 115 Harvesting time for grain Kafir corn remains green until frost, and theseed does not shatter; so, if grain is the only con-sideration, there is no great hurry to harvest; itcan stand until after frost and the stalk is , generally, the fodder is a consideration, aswell as the grain, and then the problem is to cutwhen the best results from both may be Fig. 25. Koots of sorghum, sixty days alter planting. 116 FOB AGE CHOPS The longer the fodder stands, tlie harder and lesspalatable it becomes, while if ent too early thebest yield of grain is not secured. After the grainis hardened so that it is difficult to mash betweenthe thumb and finger, and there is apparentlylittle moisture in the seed, there will be very littleshrinkage in the grain. This would perhaps becalled just past the hard-dough stage. If cutearlier, the fodder will be better feed, but therewill be a considerable shrinkage in the grain. Methods of harvesting One thing that has kept this crop from beingmore generally raised is tlie problem of are a number of methods, and they all havetheir merits. If the fodder is desired for feed, itis perhaps best to cut stalk and all, and leave it inthe shock until dry. The best machine for accom-plishing this is the corn-binder, which leaves it inbundles of convenient size for handling, and thefodder is held together
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