CORN FOR ENSILAGE.
DETERMINING CUTTING STAGE An important factor to be considored in determining fhe stage at which corn should be cut for the silo is almost universally overlooked, comments tho Quecnslander. As corn matures tho nutriment is, to a considerable extent, transferred from the stalk to tho ear—the grain.. Experience has shown that the corn does not have to bo advanced very far into tho dough stage for tho grain to pn:;s undigested through the cow, and to be lost in the manure. If chickens or pigs are allowed to follow cows this may bo largely saved, but otherwise, any corn that passes through tho cow is » total loss This amounts to a very considerable loss in caso corn is well advanced in the dough stago. For this reason corn should tie cut lor silage just as it is passing from milk into the dough stage. At that stage the stalk is usually still green and succulent. with just about sufficient moisture to pack well and is preserved with practically no lo*3 from mould.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20116, 29 November 1928, Page 18
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175CORN FOR ENSILAGE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20116, 29 November 1928, Page 18
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