Cutting Corn

If the fodder is to stand in the field until fed out, under ordinary conditions the best plan is to cut and put up in good sized shocks, as there is less loss by exposure to sun, rain and wind than when in small shocks. If, however, it is intended to shock out and haul ander shelter as soon as possible after it Las cured out, it will pay to put np in small shocks, as it wil] cure out more rapidly and be less work to handle. Corn cut in good season and put up in small shscks, let stand only until well cured out, and is then stored under shelter, makes a íeed almost equal to timothy 'hay. But if allowed to stand until needed for feeding after three or four months after cutting, if put up in srnall shocks its value will be greatly lessened. But if put up in good sized shocks there will be less waste or loss; so that to a great extent the future management should determine the size of the