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body else), phosphoric acid 10 and 12, and nitrogen about 2.6. 

 Corn is more Hkely to need a rich potash fertihzer than potatoes. 



Ques. What variety of corn do you use for silage ? 



Ans. I use the Learning and the San ford mixed. One is a 

 rank grower and the other is rich in ears and the two together 

 make a very good silage. Then we sometimes put in some 

 Minnesota corn, Pride of the Xorth. }>utting the three seeds 

 into the hopper together. 



Ques. Ifow many quarts of seed to the acre do you use for 

 your ensilage? 



Ans. I want to get the ensilage to stand about a stalk to 

 every six inches, anywhere from five to eight inches. You may 

 increase the number of stalks to the acre and not affect the total 

 yield very much. The stalk will grow larger if it is not a thick 

 stand, and you can vary between certain points without affect- 

 ing the total yield ver>- much. 



Ques. Can you get as good a catch with peas as with oats 

 alone? 



Ans. I can get a good catch almost invariably if the land is 

 well manured and the soil is fine, and the dirt is rolled. 



Ques. After you roll do you ever disturb the soil? 



Ans. Xo, sir, though I wish I could. The roller presses the 

 soil around the little seeds and gives the roots something to feed 

 on ; also when you press the soil together the water by capillary 

 attraction comes up around the seeds more freely, and thus the 

 presence of food and water is ensured. But after the seeds get 

 started I would rather not have it rolled. For tillage crops we 

 have a remedy, but after a grain crop is up I do not think it is 

 advisable to harrow. 



C. L. JoN'Ks. I feel a good deal as my Brother Gilbert 

 expressed himself last night when he said it was a pleasure to 

 grow old, especially when you have some friends who remember 

 the work you have done. I have felt that way myself as I have 

 listened to the speakers today. The subject upon which Dr. 

 Twitchell has spoken is near to my heart and one in which I 

 have been much interested since I began to do what I term 

 progressive agriculture. The corn crop has had in my rotation 

 a place, and a large place, for several years, and I think has done 

 me a great deal of good. Next came the cow question, and I 



