. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. 230 conn crops and as nearly as possible, all air must be excluded. Corn too mature cannot be packed closely enough, though sprinkling with water and careful tramping will allow the ensilaging of corn even when more than half the ears might be con- sidered ripe. As a general rule, when the husks have mostly turned yellow, and two to four bottom leaves have turned, is the Fig. J5.—A modern silage ,. cutter, with blower at- Proper time. tachment, for delivering Good
. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. 230 conn crops and as nearly as possible, all air must be excluded. Corn too mature cannot be packed closely enough, though sprinkling with water and careful tramping will allow the ensilaging of corn even when more than half the ears might be con- sidered ripe. As a general rule, when the husks have mostly turned yellow, and two to four bottom leaves have turned, is the Fig. J5.—A modern silage ,. cutter, with blower at- Proper time. tachment, for delivering Good silage Contains about 75 the cut silage. ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ j^ j^ doubtful whether it would be practicable to ensile corn containing less than 65 per cent moisture. METHODS OF HARVESTING 157. The four methods of harvesting maize are as fol- lows : — 1. Stripping: leaves removed while green for forage, and ears husked later. 2. Topping: tops cut off above ear for forage, and ears husked later. 3. Ears only harvested, stalks left in field. 4. Entire plant harvested for silage or fodder. Harvesting by hand 158. Stripping and topping are practiced in the belief that in this way the forage may be obtained while green and in the right condition to harvest, while the ears are allowed to remain and mature. It has been. 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 perfectly resemble the original Montgomery, Edward Gerrard, 1878-. New York, The Macmillan company
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