COST OF KEEPING STOCK UPON ENSILAGE. 37 



Judging from the appearance and the droppings of 

 rny animals, I believe they are fed as high as young and 

 breeding stock should be fed. 



There is another advantage : after the corn is cut and 

 put into the Silo, the last of August or first of Septem- 

 ber, the land can then be ploughed, and sown with 

 winter rye. The summer, fall, and winter accumulations 

 of manure can be hauled out, and spread broadcast upon 

 the rye at any time after it is sown, during the fall and 

 winter months or early spring. The rye will be in blos- 

 som, and ready to cut, between the loth and 25th of 

 May, and should be cut yg- of an inch long, and put into 

 the Silo in the same manner as the corn fodder. 



Land highly manured ought to give ten tons of green 

 rye for Ensilage per acre. The manure having been 

 applied to the land during the time it was occupied by 

 the rye, nothing remains but to plough in the rye stubble, 

 and drill in the corn. Thus 40 to 75 tons of Ensilage 

 can be easily raised from one acre of good corn-land. 



I roll my fodder-corn land as 'soon as planted, harrow 

 with a Thomas smoothing-harrow just as it is prick- 

 ing through the ground, and once every week or ten 

 days until it is about a foot high. Then, if there appear 

 any weeds, I go through it once with a horse-hoe. I 

 like the Centennial horse-hoe, manufactured by Tim- 

 othy B. Hussey, North Berwick, Me., best of any I have 

 tried. 



In conclusion, let me urge every farmer, who can, to 

 build a Silo. They will have to build sheds to accommo- 

 date the stock they will be able to keep. Silos and 

 cheap cattle-sheds are much cheaper than expensive hay- 

 barns. 



No manure-cellars are needed. Cement the floors of 

 the cattle-sheds (it costs less than a plank floor) , so as 



