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increased. It will also nearly carry summer into winter in the qual- 

 ity it gives to the food, which cows will show in the butter and milk. 

 There is another argument of great weight : it will, in effect, add 

 largely to the area of our barns, by making the cellar and below 

 ground available for fodder storage. 



Yours truly, 



J. J. H. GREGORY. 



CHAPTER IX. 



CORRESPONDENCE FROM 



. O-EOE^O-E L- 



SOUTHBBIDGE, MASS., JAN. 22, 1881. 



MR. H. R. STEVENS. 



Dear Sir : 



In reply to your letter, asking my experience with ensilage, I would 

 say, that I first became interested in the preservation of our green 

 crops in silos during the winter of 1879 and 1880. In answering 

 your request, I will repeat the questions, and answer them practicably 

 as far as I have had experience. 



QUES. What is your method of planting and raising corn-fodder 

 for ensilage ? 



ANS. I turn under greensward about the 1st of May, and apply 

 six to eight cords stable-manure per acre, which I spread and thor- 

 oughly mix with the soil, to the depth of four inches, by using a two- 

 horse cultivator. I plant with an Albany corn-planter, in drills three 

 feet apart, about the 20th of May. I run a cultivator between each 

 row, as the corn is two inches high, then again as often as the weeds 

 start, or the soil becomes compact. 



QUES. What kind of corn do you think best to plant for ensilage ? 



ANS. Kentucky White, for the reason that it contains less sugar, 

 thereby producing less acid while undergoing fermentation in the 

 silo. 



