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pounds of best superphosphate to the acre. This green- 

 manuring, with the fertilizer to give the corn a start, will 

 bring a heavy crop of fodder. 



Some of my best corn this year was raised upon an 

 inverted sod, with no manure save 250 pounds of phos- 

 phate in the drill. 



Do not understand that I shall not use stable-manure. 

 I shall apply it broadcast during the fall, winter, and 

 early spring, upon the rye, using " Kemp's Broadcast 

 Manure Spreader." 



I am in receipt of many inquiries as whether it will do 

 to put fodder which is partly dry into the Silo, or not. 

 My experience with rye answers this question perfectly. 

 Owing to delays, I did not get ready to ensilage my rye 

 this season until the I2th of June, at least two weeks 

 later than it should have been. The grain was two- 

 thirds formed in the heads, the straw was partly turned, 

 and altogether it was too ripe; -but, as an experiment, it is 

 much more valuable than it would have been had the 

 rye been in its most succulent stage (we all know it will 

 keep if ensilaged in that stage). The weather was 

 excessively hot and very dry. I cut the rye, and for two 

 days attempted to pack it in one of my Silos ; but it was 

 so dry it would not wilt enough to pack. I was satisfied 

 that the mass of Ensilage would contain so much oxygen 

 that it would mould and spoil if put in in that manner. 

 I therefore attached a hose to the stable water-pipe, and 

 run a spray of water upon the cut rye as it fell into the 

 Silo : this thorough wetting caused it to pack solidly. I 

 kept a horse constantly walking upon the rye, which, by 

 the way, is the most economical way of compacting in 

 Silos as large or larger than mine. I also mixed two 

 and a half acres of heavy clover and blue-grass with the 

 10 acres of rye. I did not open this rye and grass Ensi- 



