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h the acton pre pren thursday september 17 1959 10 per cent loss farmers told to ensile corn before first frost strikes tnt finding ft hard tq hire a r at the western ontario agricttl bgrvelter for my corn this year i tural school lamented a hatton county former you planted n orirty that last week matures befire frost cut it n too many have started to grow snow corn around here and ulcy arc bill cirn goes through three stages bidding for the harvesters after after pillinntinn the milk stngi the first frost he adds 11 ihnl time when some pressure f the fingcrna 1 wll pr wince milky substance from the kernel the moisture- percentage is t high i about 80 to r3 pi r cent he cxphlng later the kernel will hnrdun and go throuah dough f ajec where no m ik n p there s too dticed the moisture perccntagi becoming th s stage s still tw hih if thats the situation in your ar ea maybe your best move is to put up your corn before the first kilting frost the reason corn drops 10 per cent in moisture per cent age almost overnight after the first frost and if you can t put up tat corn right away much danger of the c too dry and molds might form in i t fu nt silo xhp i d m lnr poor silage time to ensile corn that is where when the corn is too dry you there is nnvwhere r m 2 to 78 cant get compaction you got an per cent rnuiuic he advises aerobic tair bacteria or mold earlier thin that he silagt will action instead of an anaerobic no be wet and can cause scutrnj f aln bactcrlq action too few ac livestock when the corn is past ids are reduced and that is the dough stage or has started to where you gel poor silage says dent the moiiture content is too w w snow field crops research low and molds can form especial ty at th top attn o mwh heat can rirlnp in crvtrrtpe c rn and many of the nutrients will b 1 wl when vou hvft dent r in the ear w 111 br arouttd u h per cent in usture nd plm uul he x t mn por otnl abir that a m nature percentage hi 71 per r ni i emsldcred to be lite idrnl t mi ti make silage ndrt snw wh t if your corn 1 joe w e t lo pi t hi 1 1 tore freet the ont irto department it ag i rultuie researcher suggest let l f st hut dnnl wait until thnt j ln t ycur machine leady in i t kc ii nft thtf mxt dov nt r the frost the moisture pi r ei ni ue will be low enough by then anri if ou cpnl act ii off he f re thi moiture percentage dmpv way rlfiwn otu answer is to clit it very ihitt nnrt use rrtire tramping than ii would for com at the lrtel singe 1 h longer the ci t the n r tramping necessary harvest m onjn a ii ire better off to harvest thr corn as grain if trie momurc c intent dr rw bo far you have it im witu water should onh he ndtled is a last resort it is like putthig hny in for silage when t jrass is too dry all water does is keep out the ticroblc bacter a to iime extint it just prevents it from spoiling and doe not make i g ort it lag here the background ol why in farmers wait till the corn is fi sted to start making silage they believe thai a lite variety wilt fl them a bigger tonnage t niblc is when you uae a variety thutls loo lite you have to trust t i final to bring the moisture diwn it better to cboos a variety th t is just a little earlier weve found our good mediummaturing vnrh hoi arc just a high yielding a the late varieties we grow thi m here at the school in the p m the orn companies were just breeding varieties for usa c nd it ions and werent looking for cailicrmaturlng corns if you can get on the land ea ly and have land that k gravol or snnd you can pick a late variety bic use it will mature fast says smw and if you had land that was real heavy poorly drained clay you would pik an early ir ety and still get tit off you wiuldnt have to wnary about the rams in the fall ellhcr other farmers car use a med mm variety he odds we me ir a ni which ha a li to 111 d y gi iwing swison our figures s thai o medmim mnturlng variety that matures in 108 to 108 dnys will give o higher yield grand champion shorthorn bull at the c n e was ex hibited by s g bennett scotsdale farm georgetown in this picture he receives the e j freyseng challenge trophy pre sented by jack perdue agricultural manager c n e also tn the picture is marshall mclaughlin scotsdale herdsman district fairs aberfoyle september 32 s3 acton september 18 it betbcaygeon october 2 3 braceftrldgc september 17 18 bramjilon september 1719 coledun september 25 26 e tn october 9 10 and 12 gall september 24 20 georgetown october 2 grand volky september 25 26 kitchener september 29 oct markhnm october m milton september 21 26 muunl fuiiht september 21 hitmburg september 18 orangevilk septrinbcr 22 21 or hi i srptunbor 28 30 otlawi iwnlcrfaln oct jih r owen sound october 7 10 s nfurlh september 24 2s st m if or d stplembir 21 2t tr nlo r yal winter fair nvember hgl w ditck august 27 20 popliiatfon ip the lii ptpillion f the u hid sum in mjrch 1 v0 b ul 170 milllin an increase shout three milli n uncc the tar dile m 191ft sliprert sukfack on a well used highway the diving lane la liable to be more slippery than the pitting lane this is due in port to the polish ing action or greater raffle and in part to the greater accumulation of oil film on the pavement witch out for the skidding orfect of the oil film particularly in the enrly stages of a shower whin there has been enough rain to make a surface oil slick and not enoujtbia wash it away be sure to visit thi chamm of commerce industrial display at th acton fall fair main aran sept 19th acton home furnishings state will tes ta mew met fewnmtbmpk a vhai i mr iradawe ywm u i mz