lOJ: BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



good crops of corn, bnt I tliink he can do better, and the rest 

 of us can do better. He expects to, and no donbt he will. 

 I do not know why I cannot build a silo as well as Mr. Hurd, 

 and I mean to build one. I have watched Mr. Hurd pretty 

 closely in what he has been doing, and I am sure ensilage is 

 a success. One thing Mr. Hurd left out ; he told us how much 

 hay he bought a few years ago, when he kept but little stock, 

 and how much he could keep now and buy but little more 

 hay. He did not say that those eight or nine acres of corn- 

 land that he has raised his fodder on came right out of his 

 meadow. 



Mr. Hurd. I am very glad that my attention has been 

 called to this fact, because it is an important factor in the 

 results achieved on my farm. If I had that eight acres in 

 grass, I should not have had to buy a pound of hay this 

 season. 



Question. If you had two samples of milk before you, one 

 from cows fed on hay and grain, and the other from cows 

 fed on ensilage and grain, could you tell the difference in the 

 flavor of that milk ? 



Mr. Hurd. No, I don't think I could, but I might. I have 

 a tolerably keen taste, and I don't know but I could guess 

 shrewdly ; still, I would not like to attempt it ; I might get 

 caught in the same trap that Dr. Bailey is reported to have 

 caught one of his friends in. It is said, there was a party of 

 gentlemen who visited his farm last winter, to examine and 

 see what they could learn. He served a very nice farmer's 

 lunch for them, with ensilage butter, cream, and milk. They 

 tried his butter and milk, but none could detect the flavor of 

 ensilage. In the party was one man notoriously over-critical, 

 and who usually thought he could find a needle in a haystack. 

 " Doctor," said he, " I would like to take just one glass more ; 

 then I will tell you what I think ; I was not quite certain, but 

 I thought I detected, at first, something that was a little dif- 

 ferent from what I had ever tasted before." The Doctor had 

 provided a pitcher of milk from one of his neighbors, whose 

 cows had never tasted any ensilage. From this pitcher the 

 Doctor poured another glass of milk, the man drank it, and 



