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Speciaf News For
Drouth Areas
DON'T PI T DROITHDAMAGED CORN IN SILOS NOW—warns Rill Senior, Eastern Editor of the Doane Agricultural Digest. Corn ensiled 'now will be sour, black and almost, valueless.,
Ideate corn in the fields until ear> or nubbins begin to dent. If we get, rains before that time, you
will have more silage. If noVcorn
ensiled later will be of better quality even if some water must be added when put into the -ilo.
Turning cattle into field of immature corn is not recommended points out Senior. They will waste a lot of feed and may develop digestive upsets. Cutting and feeding such corn in dry lots is preferable.
N it rat# poisoning may occur in the worst drouth areas. It usually develops only when ears are absent due in "h! -’.n:'' of tassels and silC. The best thing to do with corn which has high nitrate concentration is to ensile the crop. Fermentation usuallv lowers the nitrate content to a safe level.
For 'nth'." information on handling drouth-d'imaged crops, contact Donu" firm manager C.
( )rba!:er or Hill Senior at 4 F. State Street !>o\. 148. Dovlestovvn. Pemisv Kama. Telephone: 8--270.
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