When To Cut Corn Fodder

The usual practice is to cut corn for fodder, also for silage, when the kernels begin to glaze. From the Pennsylvania station the report comes that, while small varieties increase in food value until nearly mature, in large varieties the gain is so small that it is considerecl better to cut when the leaves are tender. At this station, according to tlic bulletin quoted, fnlly one-half of the tu:.il f uod i material in corn fodder was fonnd in i the ears, one-fourth to one-third in the Jeaves and tm'sks (stover) and the rest in the stalks. As the cobs contained onetenth and the butts of the stalks contained four to-five times as much as the tops, it is inferred that there is considerable loss when the stalks are fed whole, , which might be saved were they cut fine before feeding or preserved in silos.