. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools. Agriculture. Indian Corn, or Maize 119 stover are to be fed, is usually cut when the husks are dry and about a third of the leaves are still green. This gives the best yield of both ears and stover. Before this stage the corn is too immature and if cut too late many of the leaves will drop off; consequently the feeding value of the stover is much lessened. When only the ears are desired, the cut- ting may be delayed until the stalks are mature. A machine known as a husker and shredder is often employed to remove the ears from the cut stalk
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools. Agriculture. Indian Corn, or Maize 119 stover are to be fed, is usually cut when the husks are dry and about a third of the leaves are still green. This gives the best yield of both ears and stover. Before this stage the corn is too immature and if cut too late many of the leaves will drop off; consequently the feeding value of the stover is much lessened. When only the ears are desired, the cut- ting may be delayed until the stalks are mature. A machine known as a husker and shredder is often employed to remove the ears from the cut stalks and to shred the fodder into small pieces. This shredded fod- der is easily stored and is good feed, especially for cattle. Fodder-pulling is a method employed in some parts of the South for securing forage from the corn plant. Handfuls of leaves are pulled from the standing stalks, tied together, and hung on the stripped stalks to cure. Topping of corn is another method used in the South. This consists in removing the top of the stalk above the ear and placing these in shocks to cure for fodder. In either method the ears are later removed for grain. Experiments have shown that these practices result in a loss of grain; consequently they are not advisable unless the fodder is of sufficient value to offset the loss of Fig. 43. — Filling the 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 Sampson, Harry Oscar, 1879-. New York, Macmillan
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