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THE IDLENOT PAPERS. 



CHAPTER XV. 



COST OF PRODUCING MlLK ONE CENT A QUART, OF BUTTER TEN CENTS 



PER POUND, AND OF PORK THREE CENTS PER POUND, BEEF FOR 

 FOUR CENTS A POUND, AND MUTTON FOR NOTHING, IF WOOL is 

 THIRTY CENTS A POUND 81 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 SECOND IDLENOT PAPER 90 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 ANALYSIS OF ENSILAGE FROM THE "WINNING-FARM" SILOS ... 97 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



HOW TO PRESERVE GREEN CORN FOR THE TABLE IOO 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 MY EXPERIENCE WITH SUGAR-BEETS. COST OF RAISING ONE-FOURTH 



OF AN ACRE, AND THE YIELD IOI 



CHAPTER XX. 

 SUMMARY 104 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 EFFECT OF ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION IN ENSILAGE UPON "GILT-EDGED 



BUTTER" 106 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 MODEL DAIRY STABLE ADAPTED TO THE SYSTEM OF ENSILAGE . . . in 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

 CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK OF ENSILAGE . . . . . . .119 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 LATEST RESULTS IN PRESERVING AND FEEDING ENSILAGE . . . .122 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 FATTENING STEERS, FEEDING SWINE, METHOD OF FEEDING, WARM WATER 



FOR STOCK, ETC 128 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 ILLUSTRATING THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF ENSILAGE 133 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

 CHEMISTRY OF THE SILO . . .135 



