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been discussed largely under similar headings and 

 under summer soiling, a brief mention of them will 

 suffice. 



First. The increased acreage of the farm. Here 

 in adopting winter soiling lies the great and unmis- 

 takable value or profit, and it is passing strange 

 how for years and years the question hung on the 

 point of what analysis was able to prove compared 

 with hay or dried corn fodder. The question is the 

 same as with summer soiling. What is the use of 

 discussing whether there is more feeding value in a 

 ton of grass or a ton of oats and peas? What the 

 soiler wants to know is how many more head of cat- 

 tle he can support from an acre. 



It may take two or even three tons of ensilage to 

 equal a ton. of hay, but if by growing ensilage the 

 farmer can make one acre produce an equivalent in 

 feeding value to five, six, and even seven tons of 

 hay per acre, there is a gain so distinct that he who 

 runs may read. It matters little whether science 

 agrees with the cattle or not. There are hundreds 

 of thousands of farmers who have demonstrated 

 that ensilage is a good thing. They have doubled 

 the number of their dairy, they are getting twice as 

 much milk a year as formerly, making twice as much 

 manure, and growing crops that have in many cases 

 doubled the former yield, and they have done it all 

 without buying more land. 



The following table shows at a glance the real 

 value and advantage of ensilage over hay. It may 

 be stated that, as a rule, land that will produce one 



