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with no trouble, but we got very little millet. In regard to 

 the so j bean, I have raised that quite extensively, although 

 of course not in as large a way as they have on the college 

 farm. Its great value is as a silage crop, to be used in con- 

 nection with Indian corn ; but the problem is, how to get it 

 into the silo without costing too much money. If it costs 

 too much to get it where the animal can consume it, of 

 course its ultimate value is very much lessened. I have 

 rather lost my courage in growing the soy bean, because we 

 have to cut it with a scythe and have to use a fork to pitch 

 it on to the wagon ; and I find that my bill for filling my 

 silo has been a good deal more than I wanted it to be 

 when I used it in that way. This year we have grown it in 

 connection with the corn as a trial in the same drill, and it 

 has been so successful in a small way that I am going to 

 try three or four acres next year. When I harvest the corn, 

 it seems to me that I can harvest the bean at the same time, 

 and in that way be economical. 



Question. Have we been going wrong in seeding with 

 corn ? Shall we put the ears of our corn into the silo ? 



Professor Phelps. In regard to the first question, which 

 was, whether you have been going wrong in seeding grass 

 with the corn, I do not think it is altogether wrong. I 

 should say it was all right, if it comes convenient with your 

 planting. In regard to putting the ears into the silo, I 

 think it is the most economical way of handling them. I 

 do not think that we can afford to pick them off, husk them, 

 shell them and grind them. I do not think we can afford to 

 go to this expense for any gain that we might expect to get. 

 I believe we get better returns by putting the stover and the 

 ears into the silo all together, and feeding them together. 

 This reminds me of the story of a Scotchman who went to 

 a hotel. He was accustomed at home to having oatmeal for 

 breakfast, and having cream on it, and he began to look 

 about for some cream on this occasion. He found some- 

 thing that looked pretty blue, and he put some of that on 

 his oatmeal. Later he found some cream, and put that on 

 with the skimmed milk, and said, " There, go together 

 where God made you and where you always ought to have 

 been." I believe it is the same with the corn. 



