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be greatly increased in feeding value by pres- 

 ervation in the silo, but which would be com- 

 paratively valueless preserved by desiccation. 

 A case in point is the Roman wormwood, the 

 common ragweed of the North, which I have 

 known to be ensiloed, and is said to have made 

 a very palatable food. But to raise a crop of 

 anything else for the silo, on land upon which 

 Indian corn will grow, seems to be a waste of 

 time and money. It is better to plough under 

 the crop of weeds before they go to seed, 

 and plant a crop of mammoth ensilage corn. 

 When you do this, you are feeding the land 

 as well as the cattle, at the same time, much 

 more economically. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE CROP. 



Indian corn, above all other plants, is the 

 crop for the silo, because it is the best food, is 

 greatly increased in feeding value by soaking 

 in its own juice in the silo under pressure, is 

 a great appetizer in this form, is more assimi- 

 lable as food, and the plant, or corn, in the 

 milk does not have the injurious effect of corn- 

 meal. From 20 to 40 tons can be raised to 

 the acre of land, 3 tons of it being equal in 

 feeding value to i ton' of hay. It is easily 



