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tions for constructing and filling a silo are given. The following state- 

 ments are taken from the summary given in the bulletin : 



From two yeara' experience with the silo we believe it can be successfully used 

 by the farmers of the State. 



Corn when planted in the drill from 12 to 18 inches apart and 3 to 4 feet in the 

 row is the best crop for silage. 



The large varieties of saccharine and non-sacchariue sorghums rank next to corn 

 as a silage crop, the sacchariue beiug better than the non-saccharine. 



Forage plants and grasses (pp. 8-17). — Notes are given on alfalfa {Medi- 

 cago sativa), Bokhara clover [Melilotus alba), red clover {Trifolium pra- 

 tense), German millet, herd's grass, Kentucky blue- grass, tall meadow 

 oat grass, timothy, orchard grass {Dactylis glomerata), Texas blue-grass 

 {Poa arachnifera), cow-peas, barley and rye for winter soiling, and 

 sorghum for summer soiling. Alfalfa was sown October 18, 1888, on 

 one fifth acre of unfertilized "black slough" bottom-land. The first 

 cutting. May 7, 1889, gave 1,140 pounds of cured hay per acre ; the 

 second, August 10, 1889, 2,300 pounds; the third, January 18, 1890, 

 1,800 pounds of green fodder ; the fourth, May 7, 1890, 1,200 pounds ; and 

 the fifth, June 17, 1890, 1,220 pounds. Bokhara clover is recommended 

 as the best and cheapest crop for restoring the fertility of the waste 

 <3auebrake land. Red clover. — Plats sown in 1884 continue to yield two 

 to fonr cuttings of excellent hay each season. "Clover is one of the 

 best hay plants that can be grown on either the red or the black prairie 

 lands." German millet. — " For a quick crop of hay nothing is better," 

 but it is a very exhaustive crop and requires fertilizing. Herd's grass, 

 Kentucky blue-grass, tall meadow oat grass, and timothy, on rich " black 

 slough " bottom failed to produce pasturage or hay, owing to the heat 

 and dryness of the summer in that section. Orchard grass was a failure 

 as a hay crop, but " for pasturage we think it will prove a success." 

 Texas bine-grass, in the experience of the author, requires to be propa- 

 gated by sets — a costly method and " not practicable, except on a small 

 scale." Cow-peas, grown extensively at the station, are deemed the best 

 annual crop for hay and as a fertilizer on prairie soil. " The increased 

 yield by leaving the vines will no't pay for the hay that can be cut, and 

 when cut the land is much easier prepared. On the black and red 

 prairie lands the different varieties of cow-peas grow to perfection, and 

 the effect of one crop of vines on corn and cotton is very remarkable. 

 Growing a good crop of vines on the black or red prairie lands is the 

 cheapest and quickest way of improving them." Barley and rye for 

 icinter soiling. — Barley sown in the fall of 1889 gave three cuttings 

 (aggregating 23,100 pounds per acre), and rye gave four. " Unless the 

 land is very rich it is better to sow rye." Southern seed should be used. 

 Sorghum for summer soiling. — " From three to six cuttings can be ob- 

 tained in one season, and 1 acre will yield from 30,000 to 40,000 pounds. 

 Early Amber and Early Orange gave the best results." 



