CORN FOR ENSILAGE
DETERMINING CUTTING STAGE An important factor to be considered in determining the stage at which corn should be cut for the silo i.s almost universally overlooked, comments the Queenslander. As corn matqres the nutriment is, to a considerable extent, transferred from the stalk to the ear—the grain. Experience has shown that the corn docs not. have to be advanced very far into the dough stage for the grain to pass undigested through the cow, and to be lost in the manure. If chickens or pigs are allowed to follow cows this may be largely saved, but otherwise, any corn that passes through the cow is a total loss. This amounts to a very considerable loss if case corn is well advanced to the dough stage. For this reason corn should be cut for 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 loss from mould.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 291, 8 December 1928, Page 22 (Supplement)
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176CORN FOR ENSILAGE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 291, 8 December 1928, Page 22 (Supplement)
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