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Professor King found that the average cost of cutting and putting 

 corn into the silo, on a number of Wisconsin farms, was -58.8 cents per 

 ton." 



Professor Georgeson found that it cost 62.3 cents, 70.9 cents, and 

 50.8 cents for tlii"ee different silos, or an average of 61.3 cents, per 

 ton of silage put up.^ 



Mr. T. L. Allen, Kinsman, Ohio, says: 



With modern machinery and good management, corn can be put into the silo at 35 to 

 40 cents per ton. Indeed, with our large machinery and strong force of men we have 

 put it in the silo for less than 30 cents. 



With the larger and improved ensilage cutters having self-feeders 

 and blowers, and the superior methods in handling the corn, it is safe 

 to say that corn may be harvested and put into the silo in the form of 

 silage, at an average cost of 50 cents per ton. 



COST OF SHREDDED FODDER. 



The cost of making the cornstalk into sliredded fodder after it has 

 been allowed to cure in the field varies in the same way as that of 

 preparing silage. We may, however, gather some ideas of the value 

 of the machines used for this purpose. 



We have already learned the cost of cutting the corn and putting 

 it into shocks, and also that the average cost per bushel of husking 

 corn from the shock in the fields is 5.3 cents per bushel, or at an average 

 of 44 bushels per acre, the cost will be $2.33 per acre. To this should 

 be added about 35 cents per acre for hauling the ears to the crib, or a 

 total of $2.68 per acre for husking the corn by hand, and this leaves 

 the stover in the field. If the stalks are hauled to the feed lot it will 

 involve an additional cost. When buskers and shredders are used for 

 husking the corn and shredding the fodder, the farmer will have to 

 decide the question as to what method of doing the work he desires 

 to employ. There are machines on the market which will husk but 

 100 bushels per day, and there are those which will husk 1,000 bushels 

 per day. The smaller ones are for the farmer who desires to do his 

 own work. 



With the general introduction of the gasoline engine on the farm, 

 a small individual outfit (PI. IV) is very desirable. With such an 

 outfit the farmer may do his work at his convenience as he needs the 

 corn and the fodder, and may also do some work for neighbors, 

 which will aid in paying for the machine. It requires one man to 

 feed; one to look after the engine, shredder, and the corn in the 

 wagon; one man in the mow to remove the fodder, one to unload the 

 wagons, two teams, and one loader in the field. Six gallons of gaso- 

 line will supply the fuel for a ten-hour run. The computed cost 

 would be: 



• aF. W. Well, Book on Silage, p. 118. b Kansas Sta. Bui. 48, p. 37. 



