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It is only comparatively recently that corn growing has been 

 taken up on the farms of the Prairie Provinces. As it becomes 

 known, it will be more generally grown. It is not a new crop in 

 these provinces because Indians grew it a very long time ago and it 

 has been on trial at the Experimental Farms for many years, where 

 it has proved its worth. To secure great bulk of crop, farmers 

 here and there have tried some of the late varieties. The Experi- 

 mental Farms have proved that earlier sorts, while producing less 

 bulk, yield a crop of infinitely better quality. By careful test, 

 varieties have been found that will yield from 12 to 15 tons per acre 

 of green crop that generally reaches the milk or dough stage by the 

 date the crop should be put into the silo. Longfellow, Compton's 

 Early, North Dakota White and Northwestern Dent have all proved 

 satisfactory in Manitoba, while Eureka, Angel of Midnight, Compton's 

 Early, Longfellow, and a number of others do well in Saskatchewan. 

 The information acquired at the Experimental Farms and spread 

 throughout the western provinces, in regard to the growing of fodder 

 corn and its conversion into silage will undoubtedly prove a strong 

 factor in developing the live stock industry, without which no country 

 can long continue to raise wheat profitably. 



The Central Farm has taken a leading part in the extension of 

 the silo and the use of soiling crops more especially in Eastern Ontario 

 and Quebec, while the Nappan Farm has done much to popularize 

 the use of silage farther east. Whereas the silo was rarely seen in 

 these sections of Canada a dozen years ago, every dairying section 

 is now dotted with silos that are greatly appreciated. The Experi- 

 mental Farms have demonstrated over and over again beyond the 

 shadow of a doubt that cattle, especially, can be fed much more 

 profitably by the aid of silage than without it; that, w r hen suitable 

 varieties are planted and the crop is properly cultivated and handled, 

 a good crop can be assured every year on almost every kind of well- 

 drained land ; that all kinds of farm stock relish silage when properly 

 prepared, and that silage is an available fodder twelve months in 

 the year. 



These facts have not only been demonstrated but preached 

 from the Farm in season and out of season, by bulletins, reports, 

 interviews, public addresses, the public press and by correspondence 

 until the name of silage to many a man who has proved its value is 

 at once associated with the Experimental Farms. 



