SILO AND ENSILAGE. 



391 



Dr. 



To breaking up with pair of liorses and sidehill plough 



3 acres at $5, 



harrowing thoroughly with spring-tooth harrow, 2 



days, men and pair horses at $4, 

 harrowing with fine harrow and brush, ^ day, man 



and jjair horses, 



planting with Ross's corn planter by 2 men and 1 

 horse, f day, at $1.25 each, . . . . 

 30 cwt. of Ames' fertilizer, at $35 per ton, 

 spreading the same broadcast, 1 man and horse 



^day, 



I bush. Southern white seed corn per acre 2\ bush., 



at $1.50, 



July 12, hari'owed over the whole with Thomas's 



smoothing harrow in 2 hours, corn 4 in. high, 



July 22, haiTowed 2d time with same, corn 8 in. high, 



July 29, cultivated thoroughly twice between the 



rows, 2 days, man and horse, .... 



Total, 



It will be noticed that the whole of the fertilizer is 

 to crop. 



charo-ed 



Oct. 10. Finished filling the silo with the following labor : — 

 4 men in the field cutting and loading the corn. 



2 horses and tip-carts with 1 boy to drive to silo. 



3 men feeding the cutter. 



2 boys to shove the cut corn into the silo (this is an 



unusual charge, it being 12 feet off). 

 1 man to run the engine and level in the silo. 

 Equal to 11^ men 3| days filling at $1.25 each, . . $50 30 

 3J days' use of machinery at $6, . . . 21 00 

 J ton coal, 3 00 



$91 93 



Total cost of the ensilage in the silo, 



Cr. 



By 2 tons hay per acre, by estimate, before plough- 

 ing, 6 tons at $15, standing, 



30 tons corn per acre, estimated, on 2 acres, . . 60 tons, 

 12 tons corn on one acre, estimated, which suffered 



badly by drought, 12 " 



74 30 

 $166 23 



$90 00 



72 tons, 

 Value of ensilage compared with hay at $20 per ton, $7 26 X 72 = 522 72 



Total value of products of tlie lot, .... 

 Deduct total cost ensilage in the silo, 72 tons at f 2.32|^, 



M312 72 

 166 23 



Net value of product of the lot, $446 49 



