Growing Ensilage. 227 



one field, the most convenient to the barn and silos, 

 may be kept growing ensilage fodder for years in 

 succession. 



Plow deeper in the spring, the deeper the better. 

 Put on three horses and do the work thoroughly. 

 Prepare the soil as for field corn, and sow with a 

 grain drill rigged as described for sowing corn for 

 soiling crops, only the rows should be three feet 

 apart. Sixteen quarts of seed per acre, or twelve 

 quarts if sown three and one-half feet apart. 



Roll the ground before and after drilling, and cul- 

 tivate two or three times with a smoothing harrow, 

 teeth set slanting back, or a broadcast weeder. 



When corn gets too high for these, go through 

 once or twice with two-horse or single-horse culti- 

 vator. 



VARIETY. 



Personally I prefer the common Western Dent 

 varieties of medium growth, a kind that ears well, 

 to the larger, coarser, Southern varieties, which may 

 produce more tons per acre. 



HARVESTING. 



With fifteen or twenty acres of ensilage fodder, 

 no one can afford to be without one of the several 

 corn harvesters, which will be found most handy in 

 harvesting corn and sorghum for summer soiling as 

 well. 



A low truck wagon or a low rack between the 

 wheels of a high wagon are quite essential to the 



