SILOS AND SILAGE. 201 
may be a satisfactory variety for a given local- 
ity apd conditions. In the South there are 
humervous varieties which produce the best of 
material for silage that would not mature in 
New England, Michigan or Wisconsin suffi- 
ciently to warrant their being planted there. 
Growing corn for silage.—The writer rec- 
ommends that silage corn be grown under 
ordinary field conditions, and that such of the 
crop be used for the silo as circumstances make 
necessary, using the remainder for the later 
harvest. This is a method which he has found 
in practice to be very satisfactory. Prof. 
Georgeson of Kansas, however, recommends* 
planting thicker than ordinary when the crop 
is grown for silage. At the Kansas experiment 
station they always plant the silage corn in 
drills, and have found by experience that they 
get the heaviest yield when the stalks are four 
to eight inches apart in rows one and one-half 
feet apart. At this distance the ears are small 
and totally unfit for market, but the plants 
furnish a large amount of nutrition and make 
up in number what they lack in size. 
The same rules for caring for common field 
corn will apply to that intended for the silo. 
The cultivation should be frequent enough to 
destroy all weeds and encourage a rapid growth 
of the plant. Unless a rotation of crops or 
* Prairie Farmer, June 8, 1895. 
