. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Stave Silo. Round Silo Built of Corn and Cowpeas Growing Together at the Illinois ExperimentStation, for Use as Silage. 70 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. Increase of Nutrients During Maturity.—It is ofgreat importance to know at what stage corn should becut to secure the best results, how rapidly nutriment isstored up in the corn plant as it approaches maturity,and when the maximum amount is reached. The fol-lowing table illustrates this point: Water and Dry Matter in Corn Crop at Different PeriodsAfter Tasseling. New York (Geneva) Stati
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Stave Silo. Round Silo Built of Corn and Cowpeas Growing Together at the Illinois ExperimentStation, for Use as Silage. 70 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. Increase of Nutrients During Maturity.—It is ofgreat importance to know at what stage corn should becut to secure the best results, how rapidly nutriment isstored up in the corn plant as it approaches maturity,and when the maximum amount is reached. The fol-lowing table illustrates this point: Water and Dry Matter in Corn Crop at Different PeriodsAfter Tasseling. New York (Geneva) Station. Date of cutting. July Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. 30 9 -21 723 Stage of growth. Fully tasseled Fully silked Kernels watery to full milk. Kernels glazing Ripe o ^ In the last column is shown the dry matter peracre in corn at different stages. When the corn isfully tasseled it contains but eight-tenths t)f a ton ofdry matter per acre, or only one-fifth what it containswhen fully ripe. When in the milk it contains nearlythr
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