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experience ; it is the result of the experience of others in 

 Essex County whom I could name ; and I have no question 

 about it. 



Now, one word with regard to the question whether the 

 milk tastes or smells of the ensilage. Mr. Walcott of Pea- 

 body, who was the gentleman to whom I alluded, supplies 

 milk in Salem. A lady customer sent word to him that she 

 could not take his milk, for it tasted so of ensilage she could 

 not endure it. " Very well, madam," he said, " I will supply 

 you with something else." He had been supplying her with 

 milk that he bought from a neighbor, that was not made 

 from ensilage. He supplied her afterwards with milk made 

 from his own cows, that were fed on ensilage, and the lady 

 said that was all right. I have been very careful, for I had 

 heard the story that the milk tasted and smelled of ensilage. 

 If that was so, it would be a serious objection ; but really I 

 have never tasted sweeter milk than I am getting from my 

 cows at this time. I have invited guests who have come to 

 the house to taste it carefully, and see if they could detect 

 any bad taste or any bad smell in it ; and they have all pro- 

 nounced it to be excellent. 



Mr. Taft. Do you consider corn-fodder the best fodder 

 to grow on first-class land to put into your silo ? 



Mr. Ware. So far as my observation goes, I do, for this 

 reason : I think there is no difficulty in raising forty tons to 

 the acre. Before I tried it, I thought I could raise fifty 

 tons. I still think I can ; but I think there is no difficulty 

 in growing forty tons, so that we get a very large quantity 

 to the acre, and, by allowing the ears to mature to the point 

 when the largest ears are fit for boiling, there is a great deal 

 of the grain principle in the crop. I planted the rows three 

 feet and nine inches apart with a corn-planter, calculating 

 to leave a stalk every once in nine inches. It did not come 

 up very well (it was a bad season this year) ; so that it was 

 not nearly so thick as I expected, and I did not get so large 

 a crop as I should have done if it had come up better. I 

 got over thirty tons to the acre ; but, if it had come up fairly, 

 I should have had forty tons. I found that where it came 

 up a stalk once in nine inches the stalks grew quite large, 

 and were as well developed as where they had more space ; 

 but I should recommend planting the rows three feet and a 



