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three pounds of linseed meal, and four pounds of bran, 

 will answer satisfactorily. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 ENSILAGE IN HUNGARY. 



The preservation of green fodder crops has long been 

 practised in several countries of the Continent of Europe, 

 by essentially the same process as that now termed ensi- 

 lage, but under the names of " Sour Hay," and "Sour 

 Keep." In Germany, clover has long been preserved in 

 this manner, and especially have the leaves of the Sugar 

 Beet been kept in pits for winter feeding. 



In October, 1873, the " American Agriculturist" pub- 

 lished an article from its correspondent G. C., a farmer 

 in Hungary, entitled 



" SOUR-FODDER MAKING," 



the essential portions of which, with the engraving are 

 here given : " Although the writer is not acquainted with 

 American farming except by reading of the l American 

 Agriculturist,' nevertheless I communicate a method of 

 preservation of juicy fodder peculiarly important for 

 corn-producing America. 



" The corn is sown broadcast, or drilled in rows nine 

 to eighteen inches apart, two metzens to one Austrian 

 joch, or about 3.3 hectolitre to one hectare. [This 

 is nearly three and a half bushels to the acre. ED.] 

 The cultivation remains the same ; the field must be kept 

 free from weeds. At blossom time the corn is mown, 

 loaded into wagons, and hauled in. The home-brought 



