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The best method of storing is to cut tine, say in half 

 inch lengths, pack solid and weight heavily, make it en- 

 tirely impervious to the air; the cost of producing and stor- 

 ing on an average is about $2.50 per ton, and the cost of 

 building a stone or brick silo with good cement is about 

 $1.50 per ton. 



President Ware gave some of his personal experiences; 

 he said that if water gets into the silo, the ensilage it 

 touches will be spoiled. If straw is put on top of ensilage 

 in the silo it will rot during the winter. 



Mr. C. F. Emerton spoke of the importance of weighting 

 heavily. 



Mr. Warren Brown of Hampton Falls, N. H., said he was 

 not an early convert to the silo, but he had got all over his 

 suspicion: his first experience was with Brewers' grain 

 (which is very perishable); put into the silo he had kept it 

 a year with very little waste. 



Mr. James P. King said last year he sold $100 worth of 

 ears from an acre of ensilage corn in addition to 23 tons of 

 fodder put into the silo. 



ESSAY ON THE CARE AND FEEDING OF STOCK 

 FOR DAIRY PURPOSES. 



BY GEORGE A. ROGERS. 



To secure the best results from dairy stock certain 

 requisites must be provided, and it is to these that I will 

 first call your attention. 



The stable should be made as near air-tight as possible. 

 Then provide ventilation to furnish the necessary amount 

 of pure air in such a manner as to avoid drafts. 



Remember that with every shiver there disappears a 

 quantity of food from the barn as well as some of the milk 

 from the cows. An animal cannot use up all its food in 



