. of land ; .the cost of seed is charged to each crop.. These fac- 

 tors coyer the.whole cost of producing ensilage, froni the turn- 

 ing of the first furrow to the weighting of the silo. 



The following recapitulation gives this CQst, botji per acre 



; and ton, of product : 



Labor, up to harvest time, per acre, $12.17 



Labor harvesting, . 22.21 



Cost of manure, $22.82, (one-third charged to this crop), 7.61 



Total per acre, j/; $4i-99 



Yield 20.45 toi'is ; cost'per ton, ^ " $2.05 



Add interest and value of seed used, ' - - .-  ^^ 



Gives whole cost per tonj^f Sor.thern corn ensilage • 



as put into the. silo, • .. , $2.21 



Apply the same summary to the Sanford corn and the cost 

 complete becomes, $2.48. 



With the Pride of the North it is $3.07, and with the North- 

 ern field corn, $2.40. 



The following table will give a comparative statement of 

 the yield and cost of the four varieties : 



Here we have varieties pf corn producing ensilage in vary- 

 ing quantieSi per acre and at varying prices, and the problem 

 which the practical man desires solved is this : Is there any one 

 variety better than the others?  , 



There is but one way to finally settle such a problem, and 

 th.a.thy/eet/iugthe different kinds and noting the product, whether 

 beef, milli, or butter. But alongside of this feedmg it is of great 

 value to know the chemical composition of the crop. 



July 26 samples were taken from each variety of corn. Five 

 average stalks were cut up, their weight, height and degree of 

 development carefully ascertained and recorded ; foiir stalks of 

 each of these varieties were Iwng up in a dry attic to air dry, the 

 other stalk was taken to the laboratory cut up and the per cent 

 of water determined. The part not used, in this wa,ter determin- 

 ation was dried and bottled for future analysis. , .„ ^ 



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