62 THE BOOK OF ENSILAGE. 



is just as good as any ; even if it rains a little, no need 

 for the work to stop. Tis but the work of a couple of 

 hours to replace the plank covering, throw on the bowl- 

 ders, and the rye Ensilage is saved. 



Now comes ploughing-in, the rye stubble. Three or 

 four teams make quick work of the 2O-acre field. I use 

 the Cassidy sulky plough. It saves not only the labor of 

 holding the plough, but does the work better. Land so t 

 hard that it cannot be ploughed with a common plough is 

 turned over without difficulty. It is much easier for the 

 team. You can turn corners quicker, and plough closer 

 to fences. At " Virginia Stock Farm " we averaged with 

 each pair of horses 20 acres per week. For ploughing 

 under weeds or green crops, nothing is equal to it. It 

 is smoothed and fined in one day by a boy and a pair of 

 horses with the Thomas smoo thing-harrow. In four 

 days the farmer himself can plant it in drills 3^ feet 

 apart, using one bushel of seed to the acre, with one 

 horse and an Albany planter. Or if he has a Farm- 

 er's Favorite grain-drill, with a pair of horses, he can 

 plant it in less than two days, at the same time distrib- 

 uting a little fertilizer in the drill. (This will pay, no 

 matter how rich your land is.) 



Every farmer ought to have a Farmer's Favorite 

 grain-drill, if he raises 20 acres of Ensilage. 



With it he can drill in his rye after his corn is cut, 

 which is better than broadcasting, can save ten bushels 

 of seed, and will have a better crop. 



It has two sets of "feed-cups," which make it the best 

 combined grain-drill and corn-planter in the world. 



If he thinks he cannot afford the Farmer's Favorite 

 grain-drill, he must have an Albany seed-sower and corn- 

 planter. 



After his corn is planted, he has nothing to do but 



