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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The corn was raised upon land which had been for 

 several years fertilized with ground bone and muriate of 

 potash, 600 pounds of ground bone and 200 pounds of 

 muriate of potash being applied. 



The ensilage has been used with satisfactory results in the 

 feeding experiments with milch cows, I., which are described 

 in the beginning of this report. 



The silo was filled as^ain with fodder corn for ensilao-e, 

 Sept. 5, 1887. The same rules were carried out on that 

 occasion as in the preceding year. A maximum and a 

 minimum recording thermometer has been buried several 

 feet below the surface of the cut corn, to study changes 

 in temperature, etc. The ensilage will be used for a 

 repetition of our feeding experiments, under some modified 

 circumstances. 



1. FODDER OATS. 



[Grown at the Experiment Station on well-manured land. Collected July 5, 1886 



(in bloom).] 



