THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



Shingles 3,000. 



Shingle nails 12 Ibs. 



Dormer window for filling through. Paint 

 7 gallons providing two coats. 



Cement 2 barrels, for cementing bottom. 



The silo well located and built, the question 

 of filling and managing is to be considered. 

 The most appropriate crops are corn, millet, 

 Canada or cowpeas, and clover. Corn is pre- 

 eminently the fodder crop of America, but 

 within the last few years dairymen have 

 learned the value of soy beans, millet, and 

 other crops, both as milk producers, fatteners, 

 and renovators of the soil, and are gradually 

 giving them their right place in crop rotation 

 and rations. 



As corn is the oldest favorite, it shall have 

 precedence. For the silo it should be planted 

 in the usual way as soon as danger of frost 

 is over, which in the vicinity of New York is 

 about the 10th of May; or, as a universal 

 guide, say when apple trees are in full bloom. 

 Drop four or five kernels every 2 1 /2 feet, in 



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