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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 2 3 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOIUTION TEST CHART ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No 2} 1.0 !f«- M i.l , |32 in 2.0 1.8 !:25 nil 1.4 III 1.6 _J /APPLIED HVMGE Jnc ^5^, 'f'^-' ! jst Men. -.r-ept S-^ tT-crestc, Np* 'orK 14609 "SA "■JS ;''fc"! ••82 - 0300 Phcne ENSI LAGE 1918 LARGE SOUTHERN VARIETIES OF CORN ONLY SORTS AVAILABLE If RATHER MORE DIFFICULT TO GROW BUT LIKELY TO PROVE FAIRLY SATISFACTORY IF HANDLED CAREFULLY M SOME SUGGESTIONS OFFERED SOME SUBSTITUTES AND SUPPLEMENTS DISCUSSED V'n SLOVER, ALFALFA, PEAS and OATS, VETCHES, SORGHUM DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS SPECIAL CIRCULAR No 17 J. H. GRISDALE. B. AGR. DlRECTOIt AND ACTING DOMINION FIEI.D HUSBANDMAN ':^v*;t4^0ii^i^ ■ii.* -M...OJ: .«»i^» i^.^4ir-^ —:- S.-:', ENSILAGE IN 1918. CORN. ONTARIO CORN CHOP A FAILURE IN 1917. The corn crop in Ontario --^-J^^^^^'^^S.:^ was concerncl. In the '"»^^,," Ji^^i^^ a large proportion of our seed corn ^ r^^rt::: ^uSiu^^rSa'S^ and^ea^y autumn fro., co^h.ne. to reSr most of it unfit for seed. KAULV VAR.ET.KS NOT AVAILABLE FROM UNITED STATE.. m certain of the more easterly of ti-..t^^tate. the^arieties^we pre^ aid mature fairly well, but^ ^eSlIro; corn or grain this year the Umte.l tier of corn states to enable t^^^^.^fTthc export of any part of this crop States War Trade Board has P^Sumstanc'S has resulted in the supply I^s^lJS^rro'f ^vKleTbtlXTf?^ ensilage production m Canada being practically nil. I^^TE VARIETIES AVAILABLE FROM LN.TED STATES. •** «f +ho Tnited States has, howevet, aure.-d The Seed Stocks Committee of the Lmted r,ia ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^r\^iu^~ ; to permit the e^'P^^V'^^ f'^S^ri^^ nnesL^ and Virginia, such as R.M ^ !JrEXrS™5S1o:;t^n ^hite and Fodder Leaming. ^ .MOULD WE USE THESE LATE VARIETIES? V.1 ♦ lit^lv to erow into the crops suited to the These late varieties while not hkdy to grow ^^ ^^ ^^^.^,^. making of the very best kind oj ,<^'Jf ^f/;"ti/ely up to expectations or hop(- f^ctorv results as to ciuality and to "'I ^ti'This of course, is conditional Ite^quantity or yield per J- ^ -"SfuitS to the production of good on handling the "«f '" *5jow?ng? late-maturing sorts. «"n'n*?h!^c?nnTt!:>n^t^Kl^^^^^^^^ ^'^y P-- '^^'P^"'- THE FIELD. nhnice may be exercised in locating the crop, high, dry, light ,.nsSS in llunT^iad better be selected. THE PLACE OF CORN IN THE ROTATION. Using a clover sod with nii-^.|-->::£!irfur^w JJ^ t J'^l Inciesf'^na ,ons\o t'he acre plou^J^^ -c^^/ ^J^ :S,tTew day^ before planting, will ---f^Xt i' it'entre, success, conduce grecUiy i -. PLANTINQ. Work the land up th.-rouRhly uud P^-^* - soon as scnl ^ w^ Corn of this type should ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^'nJ\. hills thn. circumstances before the ^oiMs J'e" ^a^«^ »P^ ^hrc- feet an.l a half foet apart each way, 4 to b l'""^ **Vrt h he row As a rule, plant on th. .part with the «•'?[". « ^".^'"^J^'^^'^^^'^^.'paniuraVly well drained, throwing ;l?ir i:^ Hd^^sUu ^Z::^ZZX Sl .et th.?;rop .. to a mtle better ~t:irt. Test the seed before plantinn- CULTIVATION. 1, i, essential to provide such conditions as will compel ■?# *™'"^';. ,„ ,iVllrr.ta*»/l< ..- if "-i"! ;|.P-^^^ "putting the corn by". ;;:rf„" »tr\?.i^t'<,u.my '„?"ri^M=,h .he ^ci.,,. ., .ho c„p B,ii„gi°'0 .he silo «i" be rebtively reduced. THE HARVEST. I irsiblv improve the keeping qualities of the ensilage. i some Notes on Other C . ^hat may be used to advantage either alone or in conjunction I with com for the making of *e. CLOVER. just as valuable for ensilage as for hay. Clover ^t at ^ ;i^'\£^-;f ^^I^^^S it '.Irn'^tZ.Tl ;::;'rmSfn^u^itLr^Ld'S';alatabie, It is in the best shape to put ;;;;::^i;: X when t^.^ ^lo-^s are just^be,^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^, ^^ ,^,^. A erop cut m mid-June «^^ '» f^^f;'^;^ cwn is ready. If the season S^t^pSltoily teluTwiU hte been taken before corn ensilage time. -i\(i 1- ■Mti to 20 ) an' I :, will ALFALFA. MAKES GOOD ENSILAGE WHEN MIXED WITH CORN. , , ..ually difjcult to cure alfalfa 'n^ntSnTlt^'gre^'i^ot^^he ;i„.ri>fore. often .™'^de into rather poor^h^^^^^^ valuable ensilage and guar- :,! 'TaglS^; fos^ from '^p'-rTtrweathe'r or barn heating. It is worth hiving. PEAS AND OATS. A GOOD "LAST CHANCK" CROP FOR ENSILAOE. Whore tho lan.J is hoavv and corn slow in startinR or when thf> sprinn is rath.r cokl and corn backward an excellent plan to insure a plentiful supply of Rood ensilafie is to sow a mixture of peas and oats to run through the cut box with the corn in September. This mixture (equal parts by weight of peas and oats), should be sown at the rate of about one hundred and eiRhty pounds (180 lbs ) to the acre It should be sown not earlier than the middle of June •ind had better be in the jtround before the first of .July. It should be cut in the milk stage It should be put through the cut box the same day it is mown. It had better be run through at the same time as the corn. If the corn is very green the mixed F)eas and oats might be allowed to stand a day or so longer. This would increase the dry matter and so lessen the tendency to acidity in the ensilage. Run bundles of corn through the cut box alternately with the sheaves or forkfuls of the peas-and-oats mixture. VETCHES. A SUBSTITITE FOR PEAS. Vetches might take the phu'c (^f peas in the above mixture or they might I replace part of the peas. They make an excellent ensilage but the seed is I usually more expensive than peas and the crop is scarcely more valuable as a| fee(}. ■ SORGHUM. ANOTHER LATE-SEEDING, EARLY-Cf fTING CROP. Sor.'hum matures rather more rapidly than corn and if put in at about I the samT- time or slightlv later mav be expected to yield a good tonnage ofl pal-itable ensilage. It m'av be mixed with the corn at cutting time. It does best on drv warm soil. It needs a light dressing of barnyard manure. Ill should be -own in rows about three f<'ct apart. It requires from 15 to 20 poundsl of seed to the a