five rows each. They were all harvested at exactly the 

 same time, two sets of five rows being set up in shocks in 

 the ordinary way and field cured, the third set, alternating 

 with the other two, was put into the silo instead of being 

 field cured, the ears being carefully removed before it was 

 put into the silo. 



The stage of maturity was approximately as follows: 



The leaves below the ear, the outer husks and the upper 

 sixth of the stalk were brown. The leaves above the ear 

 were yet green and the coarser portion of the stalk was 

 green. The corn was fully dented, but of course not even 

 approximately dry enough to crib. 



This method of making silage is clearly impracticable, 

 as there would be no convenient and proper way of dispos- 

 ing of the grain, and it was not with a view to establishing a 

 new practice that this particular phase of the experiment 

 was undertaken, but it was made with a view of ascertaining 

 what effect siloing would have upon the stover as compared 

 with the field curing process. 



In order to make a palatable silage sufficient water was 

 applied to it at the time it was put into the silo to pack it 

 well and to insure its keeping in good condition. 



The corn was Learning, a medium maturing Yellow 

 Dent, producing about 75 bushels of grain per acre, the 

 stalks being of medium size and height. 



The season was reasonably favorable for the curing of 

 the stover in the shock, it having been so tied as to stand 

 up well, and at the proper time it was husked, care being 

 taken to remove all of the ears, set up again in ordinary 

 sized shocks, tied, and allowed to remain in the field until 

 about the middle of November, when each alternate shock 

 row field cured was hauled to the barn and shredded, made 

 into a rick, covered with straw, and kept there until required 

 for feeding. The other shock row remained in the field until 

 required for feeding and was used as Whole Stover. 



Thus, one of each set of three series of shock rows was 

 put into the silo, another was field cured and shredded, and 

 another was field cured and fed whole. 



As indicated above, the experiment was begun Decem- 

 ber 7, 1896, and continued until March 7, 1897, 92 days, the 



