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Farm, and so perfectly is lie satisfied with it, that he 

 exclaims in the American Agriculturist: il Corn never 

 corn-fodder always." 



Again he says : " Throughout nearly the whole 

 country there is no crop that can at all compare, when 

 we consider both its value pound for pound, and the 

 enormous yield that may be obtained from an acre, 

 with corn-fodder. Whether the purpose be to make 

 butter, or cheese, or beef, or to keep young stock in 

 thrifty, growing condition, it is at once most profit- 

 able and nutritious." 



Inmn, in estimating the value of different kinds 

 of forage says: "I have some doubts, however, 

 whether, for the purpose of soiling, for milk, or for 

 fattening, any product can be found equal to that of 

 Indian corn cut green." (European Agriculture.) 



It is said that if we sow 40 to 50 grains to the 

 foot, in drills three feet apart, we will have one-third 

 more fodder than with 20 grains to the foot. I have 

 raided it for more than ten years on Plumgrove farm, 

 and for winter fodder, I prefer about six stalks to the 

 foot, because it will then grow eight and ten feet 

 high, and can be cut when ready, independent of all 

 weather, and put in shock, and will stand well till 

 November, when it may be put in the barn. 



For feeding through the summer to horses, cows, 

 and pigs, I care not how thick it is planted, even 

 grains to the loot will be better than any less 

 amount. But you will find this much more trouble- 

 some to save for winter provender, because you will 

 hove to cure it in the .same way that you make hay, 

 ami may be very much annoyed with wet weather. 



To conclude, remember this, the great secret of 



