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fessor Eoberts, if he will favor us with a word on this 

 subject. 



Professor Roberts. Perhaps I can throw a little light on 

 some of the questions that have been asked here in regard to 

 feedino; corn before it has made ears and afterwards. In our 

 experience we have found that when corn was about tassel- 

 lino- out it was worth fourteen dollars an acre as feed, pro- 

 vided a ton of timothy hay was worth ten dollars. We used 

 a ton of timothy hay for the unit, as we wanted something 

 to compare it with. When this corn had tasselled out and 

 made ears we found it was worth forty-seven dollars an 

 acre, instead of fourteen dollars. I would like to ask the 

 gentleman who speaks of raising corn how many stalks he 

 allows in a hill usually, and what kind of corn he raises. 



Mr. Sargent. I use the Longfellow variety, and set the 

 machine so that it will plant four or live kernels in a hill. 



Question. Is this a dent variety ? 



Mr. Sargent. No, sir; it is a flint variety, with very 

 long ears and a small cob. We And that corn grown in 

 that way is relished by the stock, and makes a liberal 

 amount of milk. 



Mr. E. CusHMAN (of Lakeville) . I wish to ask Professor 

 Roberts this question : When timothy hay is worth ten dol- 

 lars a ton, what is mature or immature corn worth per ton? 



Professor Roberts. I cannot answer that question 

 off'-hand. 



Mr. CusHMAN. Then we do not know how many tons 

 were worth forty-seven dollars a ton, and I cannot see that 

 your experiment is of much value to our farmers. 



Professor Roberts. It does not matter whether we have 

 one ton or four hundred, because if we have one ton it may 

 be worth as much to put into the silo as ten tons. That is 

 just the point. I do not believe in filling a silo with wood 

 and water. 



Mr. CusHMAN. Do we understand the professor as say- 

 ing that one ton raised to the acre is worth as much as ten ? 



Professor Roberts. No, sir ; I did not imply any such 

 thing. I stated that it did not matter how many tons were 

 raised, provided the feeding value was there. I have 

 studied this thing for years; I have experimented and 



