> In a message dated 4/28/2005 11:09:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>bonniedave@dotnet.com writes:
>
>One other nice thing about corn silage is that it is not subject to the
>harvest losses and risks that hay often faces.
>
> -------------- It's funny. I was jsut talking to my neighbor the
>other day and he said that he is jsut about ready to quit growing corn
>because it is so hard to get a good crop. The deer are in it as soon as
>it starts to grow, the bears get in it once it starts tasselling, and
>then once it's bagged up the birds tear up the bags. He's been shrinking
>his corn acreage for several years now and it looks like he might shrink
>it some more this year. So corn isn't necessarily the easiest crop in
>the world to grow and harvest. Jake
>
By harvest losses, I meant the leaf loss, respiration losses, the rained on
hay losses, all connected to hay harvesting. What you describe is a
wildlife problem, best resolved with a lead spray (12 gauge shotgun
applicator).
Here in WI, there is a 9 day deer season where there are more armed humans
hunting deer than the number of men serving in the US Marines from 1941
thru 1945. And with Ag. Tags, deer can be hunted 12 months a year.
Dave G.
WisCOWsin
