from forty to fifty cents extra per ton to run it through the cut- 

 ter, and a part of this comes from the fact that more teams and 

 men are needed, and the wasted time becomes considerably 

 greater, even with the most careful planning. 



THICK OR THIN PLANTING. 



A part of our plan covered the point of seeding, and while 

 the results obtained are not in accord with the views of many 

 careful and intelligent ensilage users they are, nevertheless, the 

 results that the scales gave and, while not conclusive, are cer- 

 tainly better than an unsupported opinion. 



One question intimately connected with this cannot be dis- 

 cussed in this Bulletin for lack of date. I fefer to the effect of 

 thick planting upon quality of product. 



The Sanford corn was planted as follows : Four rows on 

 south half of field, seeded thin (sixteen quarts per acre). Du- 

 plicate rows were planted on the north half of field, but two of 

 these were seeded thin, (sixteen quarts), and the other two thick, 

 {thirty-two quarts per acre). 



The yield, computed per acre, was as follows : 



South half of field, thin seeding, 13.44 tons. 

 North half of field, thin seeding, 15.72 tons. 

 North half of field, thick seeding, 18.67 tons. 



The Pride of the North was also planted in two ways, the 

 •north half seeded at the rate of sixteen quarts per acre, and the 

 south half thirty-two quarts per acre. The yield was, for the 

 thin planting, 11.52 tons, and for the thick planting, 13.51 

 tons. 



The conclusion, so far as any can be drawn from this state- 

 ment, must be that thick seeding will give greater yields per 

 acre than thin, but further investigation may show that the qual- 

 ity i.s inferior. 



The silo is one of the few additions to our agriculture that 

 is applicable to men of limited means, and is, at the same time, 

 within their reach. 



Agricultural machinery, or thoroughbred stock, though great- 

 ly needed by all, are often beyond the means of the farmer till- 

 ing small areas, the expense being out of proportion to the in- 

 come. But a silo is just as available and just as valuable to the 

 farmer keeping five head of cattle as it is to the possessor of a 

 hundred, hence, the importance of thoroughly establishing a ra- 

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