Show ensilage corn best for silo Re results stilts of tests 11 made ade with two varieties Valie ties at different diff or stations Is it more to plant ensilage lliso corn for tin tile silo ordinary culinary held field corn Is tile the question that hint presents itself to to lawan silo owners tit lit tills time line of the year in iowa few are growing gio liiK special varieties for tin tho slit silo tile the majority of famois fa bell bellowing twing that the regular bild cieli corn taking everything into ciui bo be moio profitably handled than soine special ensilage variety millet that lint gios more moie for aito go and nil lessi less grain per ane acre larger amount of water there Is no doubt but silage mado made from ensilage curn corn con contains tallis it larger amount lit of water than alinn that eliut made front lorld corn coin in ill other words that tile former Is moro more succulent than limn tile lotter latter or ti eliut it it contains less try dry matter per pound or per wr ton on oil tile the other liand hand ensilage engl liiKe corn produces it larger tonnage field corn and tile question ion arises whether healier het lier the grei granter Ater ton illge containing less try dry matter per ton Is moro more economical for tile dalry dairy cow than field corn silage which lil cli Is more concentrated the indiana experiment station liaa has been testing tills matter for it number of years and tins como come to tile collell conclusion islon that alint nold field corn silage produced approximately 15 per pei cent more milk mid aini 3 per cent inore fat ant than ensilage corn coin silage ton for ton in other words orda the field corn produced slightly more wilk milk anil and fut than ensilage corn coin silage lint bilt the yield beld of oc dry matter or of total nutrients per acre from ensilage corn was vas much creator than from beld field corn coin the difference in of tile the two to kinds of corn was larre large enough so that en ell corn proved the more profitable prof similar results liao have been tit at the ohio and connecticut experiment stations silo any part thele Is another factor aside from ilfeld per acre to be considered in connection with alth tilts tills problem of u whether nether to plant ensilage or fjeld corn for tho alio fillo if the entire corn crop la is of thu the same variety any part of it can be put into tile the silo if on the other hand ensilage corn la Is raised for the silo tile the particular lold field that Is set aside for that purpose must be used thero there are times owing to lato late planting or to excessive mol moisture sture in the alie spring some part of tile the corn crop cannot be cultivated ns as thoroughly na as somo some other part and may on that account matine a week or so later in such a case the late corn may ile be put in the silo and the handicap due to late maturity partially avoided such lato into corn might not mature inn turo tind lind unless it could be put in tile silo much of it would be wasted |