No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 699 



In speaking of the corn plant I want to say it is the general opin- 

 ion that it is a one-sided ration and sometimes must be raised to 

 balance up the rations for farm animals. An acre of good corn 

 siloed contains 555 pounds of protein or as much as is found in 

 three and one-third tons of clover hay or about the product of two 

 acres upon an average, or as much protein as in five and five-ninth 

 tons of timothy hay or the average product of two seven-ninth acres. 

 Thus it will be seen that in one acre of corn silage we have as much 

 protein as in one and two-third acres of clover hay and two and 

 seven-ninth acres of timothy hay. 



It has been quite generally conceded for years that clover hay is 

 the most desirable roughage that the feeder can produce; but ex- 

 perience has demonstrated that corn silage will furnish cheaper 

 protein, besides the advantages of the succulent nature of the feed, 

 thus giving our stock a ration closely resembling that of summer 

 feed. 



In summing up the advantages of the corn pkuit when tlie most 

 has been made of it, is as follows: 



1. More and cheaper protein. 



2. Having June conditions the year around. 



3. Storing feed in less space. 



4. Can do with less purchased feed. 



5. The producing capacity of farm increase. 



6. Cheapest and best feed than can be produced on the farm. 

 Therefore, as corn has been termed "king," why do we farm wheat 



at a loss? Let us make the corn crop our specialty in our diversified 

 system, as it is necessary to diversify in order to fit our soil for 

 specializing. We are not all situated to folloAv market gardening, 

 raising tobacco, potatoes or many other specialties, but let us fol- 

 low a good system of rotation, "short if you please." Specialize some 

 crop, giving our care to careful study and pencil w^jrk, in connec- 

 tion with plenty of mule and elbow-grease, as Massey terms it, ap- 

 plied to our tillage, and I feel sure there will be less to complain 

 about and farming will be more remunerative in the future than the 

 past or present. 



In conclusion, I beg to say that the enclosed points are my meth- 

 ods with a few facts culled from our bulletins. 



MR. CHUBBUCK (Bradford County): If we get a dollar a hun- 

 dred out of our milk and creamery we are doing well, and I want to 

 say that I believe the only thing that saves us in our county is our 

 corn crop. I w^ant to give a little experience of my own. I took 

 one-eighth of an acre, planting it in corn with a seed called Mort- 

 gage Lifter, intending to thin it to three stalks in the hill, believ- 

 ing that the reason we did not get more to the acre was because 



