Show FIELD REQUIRES HELP TO GROW SILAGE continuously FOR STOCK ohio experiment station shows practice possible hauling green corn from the field aleid to the silo Is an expensive part of the storage of silage and the dist destanee anee which the corn must be transported has much to do with the cost of the dellage especially in hilly country where only a single held field Is located near the silo the question arises ns as tor to whether silage corn can be grown upon it each year on the belmont county eap exp experiment erimena farm a block of land near the silo has been growing silage corn eintini since 1917 awalter walter malian mahan superintendent perin of the farm and J S cutler assistant in agronomy at the ohio agricultural experiment station have reported on results of the tice their conclusion Is 19 that where silage sir corn ls la to be g grown r own continuous continuously sly on one geld field the fertility program should be so planned as to meet the fertilizer nee needs ds of the crop and at the same time maintain the supply of organic matter in the soil such a pro kram should include the liberal application of well cared for manure together with both broadcast and hill or row fertil fertilizer ixer applications for corn and the growing of some sort of cover crop on the land over winter 1 A fertilizer treatment of eight to ten tea 11 tons of monure nit nure an and a broadcast i ration cation of to pounds per acre of of 20 per cent and a row application of or pounds of complete tora fertilizer with a of 2100 2106 2 10 0 6 Is ls suggested such cover crops as rye and rye and vetch have proved satisfactory |