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safety, but that corn and clover mixed with apples makes the 

 best ensilage. 



8th. That the finer it is cut, and the more heavily it is 

 weighted down, the better, as the air is thus expelled from the 

 silo ; which alone secures its preservation. 



9th. That there is not much difference between the South- 

 ern White, Blunt's Prolific, and Bailey's Mammoth Corn, for 

 seed ; all are good. 



10th. That the cost of producing aud storing ensilage is 

 from two to four dollars per ton. 



11th. That the best material for constructing a silo, in Es- 

 sex county, is stone and cement ; and the best material for 

 weighting the ensilage is stone of from twenty-five to fifty 

 pounds weight. 



12th. That it will not pay to plough up land thot is now- 

 yielding two tons of hay to the acre to plant ensilage corn ; 

 but land that needs ploughing up and working over, or as a 

 second crop following some early crop. There is no better 

 crop for fodder than one that you can ensilage for winter use. 



In thus presenting the results of our investigations, we have 

 not taken the extreme statements of our correspondents of 

 either side, but have endeavored to present the substantial 

 facts in the investigations, realizing that the whole subject is 

 yet in its infancy with us, although very thoroughly understood 

 and applied by our neighbors across the sea. But we have no 

 doubt that during the next ten years such improvements will 

 be made in producing, storing, and feeding ensilage, that it 

 will take its place among the standard farm crops of the coun- 

 try, and from the fact that we have built twenty-three silos in 

 less than four years, we infer that Essex county will not lag 

 behind the other sections of the country in this branch of agri- 

 cultural science. 



0. S. Butler, for the Committee. 



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