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developed. When too thickly planted its stems and leaves 
are soft and pale, its juices thin and poor, and the effect is a 
growth somewhat like a potato vine in a cellar. If sown 
thin, or in dritls, so that the air and light and heat of the sun 
can reach it, and πο" fed till nearly its full size, it is a valu- 
able soiling plant and is fed with satisfactory results.” 
Soiling on pasture.—It is a good thing, 
where entirely feasible, to have a corn field 
convenient to the pasture or stable. This may 
be planted as though to be harvested with the 
ears aS an important factor of the crop. When 
the plants begin to flower use from the field for 
soiling until the plants pass beyond their use- 
fulness for that. purpose. When maturity ar- 
rives this field may also be drawn upon for fill- 
ing the silo. If the field is conveniently situ- 
ated plants may be cut from day to day and 
thrown into the pasture. This is a most satis- 
factory method. 
