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Answer — Not of any account. 



Question — Is Hungarian grass a profitable crop ? 



Answer — As an emergency crop, one for quick growth, 

 when seeding-down has failed or the corn crop is cut down by 

 frosts or other reasons, it does very well. I do not think it 

 makes as good hay or is as good a soiling crop as the oats and 

 peas ? 



Question — Why is gluten meal better than corn meal ? 



Answer — Because in the process of the. manufacture of 

 glucose the starch is largely removed, while the protein is but 

 slightly reduced in amount. This makes the resulting product 

 richer in protein, which is the nutrient the farmers should buy 

 rather than carbohydrates. 



Question — What variety of corn do you consider best for 

 fodder or for silage ? 



Answer — That variety which will grow the largest amount 

 of food to the acre and come to the early stage of glazing 

 before the frosts. The name of that variety would probably 

 differ more or less in a state like this where the farms vary so 

 widely in altitudes and latitudes. A variety which could be 

 grown in the Champlain valley might not succeed at an alti- 

 tude of fifteen hundred feet above the sea level. We think 

 that with us the Sanford corn fulfills this condition better than 

 any other. 



