THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART IX. 497 



Me. Wextwokth : I would like to ask Mr. Barney how lie 

 plants his corn for silage, how much he plants and how much 

 work there is in taking care of it compared to field corn. 



Barney: There is not necessarily any difference. There is 

 another advantage I claim for the silo. If I find my field corn is 

 not going to mature for husking I put it in my silo. This is a 

 saving for of course there is a loss on corn that does not mature 

 unless you can convert it into silage. Now in planting com for silage 

 the only difference I would make would be that I would plant 

 it a little thicker, more stalks in a hill. My experience has shown 

 me that I can do just as well by taking a chance on a field that 

 may not be fully matured as to plant it for silage alone. I do not 

 usually make any difference in planting for the silo. 



Wentworth : Isn't it a fact that you can plant certain kinds 

 of corn especially adapted for the purpose and get much larger 

 yield per acre? 



Barney: You will get a larger yield, but I do not think it 

 is quite as good as from common corn. You will get more leaves, 

 but I think you will get better results by using ordinary corn than 

 from this B. W. & S. corn, and I presume it is that to which 

 you refer. 



Anderson : You say you think so. Do you know it to be a 

 fact ? 



Barney : Yes. 



President : On account of the early frost did you manage your 

 silage any different this year from other years ? 



Barney: Yes, I learned from a trip I made to Wisconsin a 

 year ago that frosted corn could be made into very good silage. 

 You take ordinary years and I take the com about a week before 

 you would cut it to shock, but this year I was caught like every- 

 body else. The reason you cut it earlier is because you have to 

 have a certain amount of moisture. !Now after corn has been frosted 

 I use water to get the proper moisture, and while I do not think my 

 silage is as good this year as some years where I have cut early, 

 yet it is all right. After my silo was filled at noon I would pour 

 about twenty-five pails of water over the top, and about twenty-five 



