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corn. It was planted in drills, four feet apart, the plants 

 were left six inches apart in the drills. This crop was thor- 

 oughly cultivated, and left standing until the large ears of 

 corn were completely filled out, so as to make good sound 

 corn. Then all the full ears were harvested, by the men pass- 

 ing through the rows, with baskets, leaving all the immature 

 ears on their stalks. Then the whole crop was harvested and 

 cut one inch long, and packed into the silo, and heavily 

 weighted. It did not shrink as much by one-third as the 

 early cut ensilage, but notwithstanding the leaves of the corn 

 were turned in color, and some of them were quite dry, it was 

 the best pit of ensilage that we have ever seen, and in all 

 nutritive qualities, it was unsurpassed. We are unable to 

 state the number of bushels of sound corn that were harvested, 

 but have been assured that the corn harvested would more 

 than pay the entire expense of producing and harvesting the 

 whole crop, consequently there was two hundred tons, by 

 actual measurement, of good, rich ensilage, as net profit on 

 the crop. We expect to visit this gentleman's farm, next sea- 

 son, to examine the details of another experiment, in the same 

 line. 



In closing our report, we would say to the farmers of the 

 county, do not be deceived by any visionary theory or theorist, 

 in this or any other matter that pertains to your useful and 

 honorable calling. Make haste slowly. In our calling, it is 

 better to be conservative than to be radical. If there is any 

 real merit in this system of preserving green crops for winter 

 use, we shall know it, for it is in the hands of men that will 

 go to the bottom facts before they leave it, and if it has no 

 real merit, we shall know that, for we are riding no hobby. 

 We are after the trutli in this matter, and are already satisfied 

 that it lays somewhere between the extremes of assumption. 



But as yet, we have not learned of one entire failure, where 

 an intelligent experiment has been tried, and if this is true of 

 the opening chapter of its history, certainly we have much to 

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