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On Murray Hill the experiment was repeated on 

 land that only produced three-fourths of a ton of 

 clover per acre. From the same field we cut at least 

 fifteen tons of ensilage per acre without manuring 

 the piece. 



Several times in this work attention has been 

 called to the saving of land by the soiling system, 

 as its most distinctive feature, as shown by the 

 table. The feeding value of an acre of ensilage 

 or an acre of grass is . ten to one. It is passing 

 strange that experimental stations, and the pub- 

 lic in general, have been so slow in compre- 

 hending this point. 



Cured Corn vs. Ensilage. 



There is only one answer to the question of cost 

 between curing corn stalks and ensilaging the same, 

 allowing there is no difference in feeding value, and 

 the answer is in favor of silage. It always has been, 

 especially if the cured fodder is run through the 

 cutting box or shredder ; in both cases the planting 

 and cutting are the same. Both have to be delivered 

 to the barn. In this there is something saved in 

 hauling the dried stalks over ensilage, but there 

 comes the expense of shocking the former ; therefore 

 the question of harvesting is in favor of silage. A 

 cubic foot of ensilage weighs about fifty pounds; 

 therefore one ton only occupies forty cubic feet. A 

 ton of hay in mow or stack occupies 525 cubic feet, 

 or about thirteen times as much room as a ton of 



