Show r o 7 I OcREN rL I r ENSILAGE IL EARLY y k- k Expensive Mistake Generally I Made in Northern States by Planting Crop Last BEST FOR LARGE VARIETIES 1 1 Crops Are Made Much More Profitable When J by Feeding V Value luc H and d Not by Its Height or Weight Cultivation Pays Prepared by the United States Department Depart Depart- 1 ment of or Agriculture 11 Planting ensilage corn last instead of first Is an expensive mistake very 4 gener generally made l In north northern rn portions of the United States Strong germinating seed of ensilage varieties from farther further f should be planted two or three p weeks earlier than the home-grown home l seed eed which is planted for the production production tion of grain Earlier Planting Better Yields When large ensilage varieties from Virginia n a or Missouri ri for example are planted In northern states late in May they make a n rapid long-jointed long tender tend tend- 3 er Cr crt succulent growth and are so green greenI 1 when fall frosts occur that they are heavy henvy to h handle low in feeding value cT T i and make ensilage which h Is si sloppy I c- c r and too sour But when planted in April or ver very early May Jay they make a n slower hardier growth better withstand with with- 1 stand 8 spring rI g frosts and summer Droughts and reach a n more advanced c condition of maturity and and produce producer r- r more more- ore grain than when planted later inter 4 Early maturing home grown varieties varler vane varie r ties tics do o not need ane and may may not be benefited bene bene- benei i Sited by unusually early planting but large-growing large ensilage varieties are benefited Though Though somewhat somewhat dwarfed Iy l y very early planting the thc Jar large Jarge e en- en I t 1 I This Crop Was Wasa a a Failure Because th the H- H Soil Soli Moisture Became Exhausted Just When the Plants Should Have Begun to Form Ears Ears- silage varieties will by nature make makeT 4 r T ample stalk stalk growth and be because ause of ot otI early pl planting will yield thore more riper grain and make richer and sweeter sweet sweet- er ensilage Early planting supplies I i the age age necessary f for far r maturation and andi i reproduction I Early Cultivation Warms Warms' Soil Soli Ensilage crops jn In the North are made much more profitable when these ri- ri two points are observed Judge the crop by Its feeding value r ari pot l by I it Its fi height LOiS tor w weight or the tha i amount of labor necessary to silo It Althou Although h earlier planting necessitates necessitates tates earlier cultivation It pays Early Ear Eur- ly cultivation dries and warms the soil flon surface If It wet re remains wet It re remains mains cold an and the young corn cannot cannot can can- not grow Stirring causes the surface to dry rapidly absorb heat feel warm wann to the hand and the corn to grow v while near by uncultivated soil will remain cold with corn at nt a standstill |