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(Grain mixtures Nos. 5 and 6 should only be fed with 

 very coarse fodders, like straw, swale hay, corn fodder, etc.) 



No. 7 — Ensilage, 30 lbs., or five pecks ; hay, 10 lbs.; grain 

 mixture. No. 3, 8 lbs., or 6 qts. 



No. 8 — Ensilage, 30 lbs., or five pecks : hay, 10 lbs.; 

 grain mixture. No. 4, 9 lbs., or 9 qts. 



No. 9 — Ensilage, 40 lbs., or seven pecks ; clover hay, 8 

 lbs.; grain mixture. No. 1, 8 lbs., or 6 qts. 



No. 10 — Ensilage, 50 lbs., or two bushels ; clover hay, 5 

 lbs.; grain mixture. No. 3, 7 lbs., or 5i qts. 



No. 11 — Ensilage, 40 lbs., or seven pecks ; clover hay, 8 

 lbs.; grain mixture, No. 2, 8 J lbs., or 6 qts. 



No. 12 — Hay, 10 lbs.; straw, 10 lbs.; grain mixture. No. 

 5, 9 lbs., or 9 qts. 



AFTERNOON MEETING. 



At the afternoon meeting Prof. Whitcher said he would 

 answer any questions suggested by the morning's discus- 

 sion, which he did, after which he said he would specially 

 consider ensilage and soiling. Ensilage, said he, is of great 

 importance to dairy farming. He spoke of the strong op- 

 position to it when first introduced ; and he also spoke of 

 the erroneous view many people had of it as a perfect 

 food, when, as a matter of fact, no one food is perfect. The 

 speaker believed that no crop produced as much fodder 

 with as little work on an acre of ground as Indian corn. 

 He described the old process of cutting cornstalks in the 

 field, tying them up, etc., and compared the labor of rais- 

 ing ensilage comparatively small compared with the old 

 way of harvesting a piece of corn. Some errors concern- 

 ing ensilage had been corrected. For instance, it was 

 formerly thought that $600 or $800 was required to build 

 a silo, but that figure has been reduced materially. Neither 

 is it desirable to raise the tallest corn for ensilage — it is apt 

 to be woody. Corn should be cut just when it is begin- 

 ning to tassel. It is a loss of time and money to break off 

 ears of corn from the stalk to use for corn meal. The 



