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who wish to put in a small silo, holding from twenty to fifty 

 tons, can store their ensilage as cheaply as those whose silos 

 hold three hundred tons. And there can be no doubt but 

 that in a few years, we shall be able to produce and store ensi- 

 lage at a cost not exceeding two dollars per ton. When this is 

 an accomplislied fact, tlien ensilage whether made of coi-n, 

 clover, or winter rye, will stand at the head of the list of crops 

 as food for cattle, especially neat stock. 



Judging from the rapid increase in its use, it must be gain- 

 ing in favor among our most intelligent farmers. Six years 

 ago, there was not one well built silo in our county, now we 

 have thirty-five, ranging in capacity from twenty tons to three 

 hundred tons, the large ones being divided into four bins or 

 compartments, and this is in a county that cannot be called an 

 agricultural county ; and yet, there is much to learn in regard 

 to this industry of producing and preserving green crops for 

 winter use. And, perhaps, in nothing more than in regard to 

 the best crops to raise, the time to plant, and the time to har- 

 vest the same. We will give you one or two examples that 

 have come to our notice in our investigations, one in a neigh- 

 boring state. 



A field of two acres, was planted with common corn of the 

 sweet variety, the rows were planted three feet apart, the 

 plants were left about six inches apart, in the drills. The 

 crop was hoed twice, and was very clear from weeds ; at har- 

 vest time, when the ensilage was stored and thoroughly 

 compressed, there were nearly forty tons of ensilage, or about 

 twenty tons to the acre ; and allowing to the superior quality 

 of the ensilage, it is regarded as an .entire success, our in- 

 formant claiming that one ton of ensilage, made from sweet 

 corn is better than one and a half tons made from any of the 

 other varieties, in which opinion we fully concur. We expect 

 to hear from this gentleman again next season. 



Another example was as follows : A field of ten acres was 

 planted with commoji corn, something like Longfellow's seed 



