Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-02

crop belongs to the grass family. 1t IL
Of economic Importance because large
areas are unsuited to the production OF
cereal grains and the coarser products
are not available nor valuable Tor hu-
man food. but after the animal has used
them, then they become directly avail
able for human food by their transmits
sion through the animal into meat or
dairy products. The abundant and uni
versal corn growth gives us an agricul-
tural supremacy which no other country
| has. 1t enables us to produce livestock
moro cheaply and perfectly than else
| where It has the ability more freely to
| draw upon the crude fertlizing elements
| of the soil than any other plant. Its
value as feed for the dairy cannot be
over-estlmatcd. The silo Is the best
place wherein to store the corn crop. 1t
can be preserved there when 1t has
| reached It's acme of perfection OF growth.
1t then furnishes when the season or
, pasturage has passed feed approx
| mating the best pasture grass. 1t Is
probably best ensiled when it has reached
that stage of It's growth when 1T is near
maturity The entire plant should be cut
| into the sllo. 1t Is the custom In many
sections to snap the ears from the stalk
Z
ually uneconomical In my own dairy
| practise I have found It advisable not
only to put the complete corn plant in
to the silo but to raise large quantities
of corn for drying and grinding. My
cows are generally speaking able to pay
me foi the additional quantity of the
ground corn added to the ration of the
siage. hay and such other meal feeds
I No nnt. INF ie
tible to great Improvement by seed sell
oction. A higher production and a greater
adaptabiuty for the section in which 1t
! is grown are thus secured. The mere
| fact that we are growing the same corn
| that our daddes grew is not conclusive
| evidence that 1t Is the best variety for
| us to grow. | cannot conceive of any
more interesting or profitable departure
! in advanced farming than n systematic
! Improvement of the corn plant by Its in
| tellEent breeding.
| THE ROTATION THAT I PRACTISE
By H. O. Daniels, Middletown, Comm
My rotation or crops is really three
year system We plant one field with
corn, one with oats and clover and one
in rcd clover sown the year before. so
| that the tillable portions Of our farm are
| in this three-year system. We put the
| corn into tn silo in September and then
| if we get Il harvested early enough.
| SOW rye. In the spring we harrow this
rye in very thoroughly and SOW clover
at the rate of quarts per acre Our
soil needs lime, and before sowing the
rye harrow in lime at the rate Of u
| ton to the acre. If the season IL too
late after the corn harvest to permit
| the sowing OF rye we wait until spring
and SOW oats using the lime before thai
crop-l-2 ton per acre. Then we seed 10
clover with the oats, S quarts to the
| acre, and harvest the oat and clover
| crop when the oats are in milk. placing
it in the silo. We cut with moving ma
chine. load with a hay loader and run
all through the cutter. cutting into half
inch lengths. This makes a sweet, pal
atabe sage which Is usually ensiled
| the second week in June. We use II to
feed the cattle during the summer seas
on. The corn is harvested in September
and fed during the winter and int"
| spring. If any corn is left over we mis-
1t with the clover silage until the corr,
is ell consumed. With this system 81
filling the silo twice during the season.
once In June and again in Septemb Der,
we have a good succulent food for the
dairy COW an 'he year through ana inc
.a,,.s ,,no,.o ,ha, +, .,oos ,,r,o,tso I,
also makes an easy and complete sys-
tenn Of handling the fields, preventiua
I'SS'S 10y sun Washing III tHe "ll''I
season, as '"e io'oS are an c'Ne'''
with clover and rye When we have been
over our t'Ia'Ie ile'aS once with ih''
NIS'''" 'he 'HA"'cS are 'h"t tIe gro" ''
~ corn "'" '"' I"'l""'"s He'oH Vi Gu
yer VIII 'e het'er IMAM ever peiore' We
-I"" ','' '"' " WV" Si'"" apP'ic"''"
az ''""'' i"'""l'' 10 '"au7 10 '"e ayr
''' 'IoF'r ana ''"'S OF cover ana rye
.P"''' no ".'e' ie'',l'1c' except 'h'
"'ne, ana 'h' second year Grove
growth is top dressed with ten load
OF manure per acre Ihus with the wv
aI'n''" IONS III ''ree years MAKING y
'"""S VI manure 10 ''e acre IN 'hr
Ne'rS ana ION OF Ine once IN thr.
Nt'iS' we Ioe' 'Hat we are auulhs H"F'
pant 700" lh'h 'he crops carry or More
"N'' tue ''oNeT, having the property %
"''"tlI'E nitrogen INTO inc sou IRON th'
"'' ana 'H ''S long root growth hrinE
'H' uP ONO we SURFACE plant 1000 ina
N'"u re III reach OF the corn plan
'"'l""eS d" almost idea! sol! condition
THE PLANT AND IT'S ENV-1poN-
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10y - T. burns, Professor OF Botany
The plant consists OF four main parts
the root the leaf. the stem and the fruit
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