UTILIZATION OF THE BY-PRODUCT 



he would have been obliged to feed to his 

 stock under the ordinary method of farming 

 for $16 a ton. His silage, therefore, adds 

 3293 to his farm income in the shape of 

 hay sales; it adds $46 to his expenses in 

 the shape of wages, and leaves him a 

 balance in his favor of $24:7. 



^'Before these results can be brought into 

 permanent records, the number of days' 

 feeding must be determined; this silage 

 under present conditions should last until 

 the middle of April, 1893. The outlook 

 now is for unusually heavy milk yields 

 during this interval, which may increase 

 the cash balance materially. 



SUGAR CORN VS. ORDINARY FIELD CORN 



"The land upon which the sugar corn 

 grew was in field corn in 1891. It yielded 

 68 bushels shelled corn and 6,000 pounds 

 fodder to the acre, or roughly, 88 pounds 

 fodder to one bushel of corn. The owner 

 believes that had he plowed his crimson 

 clover under on May 10 and seeded his 

 ground a second time in field corn, his 



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