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Show CORN TO REPLACE FALLOW, For Fodder or Silage Crop l Proved Very Satisfactory in m " j tana Valleys and Basinj, Some types of corn can be profitably over the entire state ' Bide the mountains, and even j ,' mountainous sections. Corn for der or silage has proved very p. .i' able in many valleys and basir - - " only from the standpoint of '(",,."" f production, but as an intertilled r-replacing r-replacing summer fallow, write3 v Wilson of Montana in Orange ' Farmer. The types of corn aV to this state differ greatly from t- I of the states to the south and ( Many reasons can be given for r ing corn, but there are three v are of great importance. Corn v ' has been thoroughly cultivated kept free from weeds will p., a seedbed, for small grain, alEoi- s not quite equal to summer tilled '. I Conditions are' so varied that l- , t impossible to assign particular " I rietfes best adapted to certain lr -.' n ties. On account of altitude and k b conditions a variety which is V; adapted to one farm may not be ' isfactory upon another farm ic ! same locality. The early flint, dent, semldent, late flint, late i--' j are the . varieties best adapted ; late dents In particular make a ra:;.- c coarse growth and are not so - t adapted for silage or fodder pir..:- ( as the late flint Corn cultivation does not differ t greatly from that of other states 7: cornfield should be harrowed - . planting, and it jnay be harrc--: j after the corn is up. There are n:- types of cultivators, the disk, st:-; and the surface. Each type h : particular place. For ctji'.in corn on sod lands nothing is ! than the disk, while for corn or average dry land good results are ' tained with a combination shove! t surface cultivation. Best results in eradicating the"- sian thistle have been secured t- : ing the duckfoot cultivator s. - This is the same type of shore', j Is used in cultivating sugar bee".: i: i most manufacturing companies : 7 j. make them so they can be i:;;- . on the cultivator shank the kz - b the regular shovel. As yet, there ;- t no shredders in the state, bit : " $ has been very successfully t:.r;: jj in the ordinary threshing lr,-.:...:- and practically the same res-l'.s j, secured. j |