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Massie’s Decision
’Worth $208 Per Min.
Tom Massie is proud. He has a right to be!1 ? About two weeks ago this young farmer brought in a Sample of his corn silage for forage analysis. As I recall Tom's comment was as follows, "I cut my silage this ’year as near the hard dough ■Stage as I could; if the TDN i&ontent isn't higher than last gear’s its not because I didn't ■jtut it like you said.* g Recently test results were deceived. The TDN content^24.9%. A check of our files ^showed his 1963 test results 5o be 14.8% TDN. X Yes we are comparing results of a crop grown in a 3Jryer season with that produced in a better season. However Tom had pretty good 3Com crops both years. The ^main difference in the ensilage Spras stage of maturity at which
corn was harvested. £ Tom couldn’t control the .■weather but he and he alone decided when to harvest the “Crop. What was this decision %orth to him in 1964? We can’t measure this worth Exactly as a lot of costs are {involved, however there are 3»me fair assumptions we can ^paake. Five doll ars per ton is a S._ „
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