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ten or eleven months in the year. The cheapest and most efficient 

 feed to supplement pastures during this period is probably corn, 

 either green or in the form of silage. 



Dean Waters has summed up the advantages of corn as a soil- 

 ing crop as follows : 



"No plant now known to us equals corn in its adaptability to 

 the soiling system. Varieties may be selected which will yield a 

 continuous crop of succulent food, mature enough to have a high 

 feeding value, from the middle of June until the severe frosts of 

 autumn. The practice of relying upon corn almost exclusively from 

 the time the earliest variety can be brought to a reasonable state 

 of maturity, until the close of the season, is well founded and fully 

 justified by the results of scientific research. Corn has the advant- 

 age of yielding a larger quantity of digestible matter per acre at 

 less cost than any other crop suited to soiling, and furthermore, it 

 may be harvested, handled and fed more conveniently than any 

 other crops used, and has a higher feeding value. 



The problem with those who follow this system is to find 



Missouri Chief Josephine. Registered Holstein, owned by Missouri Agricultural 

 College. 



Milk records : 



U2.7 pounds 1 day. 

 613. pounds 7 days. 

 2,535. pounds 30 days. 

 10,2 84 pounds 1 year as a 2 year old. 

 11.504 pounds 1 year as a 3 year old. 

 15,474 pounds 1 year as a 4 year old. 

 19.2 pounds butter 7 days. 



