212 



Ensilage. 



ton of hay per acre will produce fifteen tons of en- 

 silage, and land that will produce two tons of hay 

 per acre will produce thirty tons of ensilage per 

 acre. Two tons of ensilage is fully equal to a ton 

 of hay in feeding results, no matter what the chemist 

 says as to their comparative analyses. 



Ensilage vs. Hay. 



The use of the land is the same in both cases. I 

 have not taken the question of manure into account. 

 My experiences in plowing portions of meadows for 

 ensilage, at Maple Lane, were as follows: Five 

 and one-half acres of an eight-acre field of hay was 

 planted to ensilage without manure. We cut nearly 

 thirty tons of ensilage per acre, as proved by the 

 number of cubic feet of ensilage in the silo, when 

 settled, estimating fifty pounds per cubic foot. I am 

 positive that from the remainder of the field there 

 was not cut more than a ton and a half of cured hay 

 per acre. 



