44 H. E. STEVENS ON ENSILAGE. 



In conclusion, I will say that I am so thoroughly convinced that 

 ensilage will be of great value to me, that in the spring I shall build 

 three silos, sixteen feet long, twelve feet wide, fifteen feet deep. 

 Two of them I shall fill with corn-fodder, the third with clover and 

 rowen. ^ I remain yours respectfully, 



GEO. L. CLEMENCE. 



CHAPTER X. 



CORRESPONDENCE FROM 



IB. -A-TJSTIItT _A."VIE:R/5r_ 



SYRACUSE, N.Y., FEB. 5, 1881. 



H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. 

 Dear Sir: 



Your letter of 29th ult. is received, and contents noted. I have 

 been very busy since the receipt of your letter, or I would have 

 answered your numerous inquiries earlier. I seize the opportunity 

 to-day to reply to your inquiries seriatim. 



I consider the Mammoth Sweet Corn and horse-tooth corn the best 

 to plant for ensilage. 



I plant with a drill, three feet apart. 



I have considered the cost per acre of raising the corn ready to 

 cut for the silo, including the value or worth of the land, at seven 

 dollars per acre. 



Without actual measurement of the land, which I considered was 

 eleven acres, it yielded twenty- two tons per acre. 



This being my first experience with ensilage, I have not tried to 

 preserve any grasses, or other food than corn. This coming summer, 

 however, based on my present experience, I intend to construct an- 

 other and larger silo than my present 'one, and preserve a large quan- 

 tity of both orchard-grass and clover, as well as fill my present silo 

 again with corn. 



I used one of Bradley & Co.'s reaping-machines for the purpose of 

 cutting the corn, and which did its work in an admirable manner. 

 They are manufactured at Syracuse, N.Y. 



