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tant soiling crops. The latl^er plant seems to 

 do especially well in localities where consider- 

 able dryness often prevails in summer, and it 

 furnishes a good succession of green food. 



Of all the soiling crops, however, that which 

 may be depended on by the feeder over the 

 longest period of time, that will give the great- 

 est yield at the least, expense, is Indian corn. 

 Green rye may injure the flavor of milk given 

 by cows fed this crop, but Indian corn assists 

 in producing the finest quality of milk and 

 butter. 



Soiling at Wisconsin station.— In an ex- 

 periment at the Wisconsin station this amount 

 of green food was supplied between June 15 

 and Oct. 15, from an acre and a half of land, 

 according to Prof. Henry:* 



Fodder corn 23,658 lbs. 



Green clover. 19,762 lbs. 



Green oats 2,385 lbs. 



Early variety of corn desirable.— In plant- 

 ing corn to secure the first crop it will be desir- 

 able to get an early variety. The early vari- 

 ties of sweet corn produce but small plants 

 and comparatively little fodder, while the 

 later sweet corn is no improvement over the 

 field varieties, and as a rule does not yield so 

 bountifully of forage. Of the sweet varieties 

 Stowell's Evergreen is among the best for this 

 purpose. 



* Breeder^ s Gazette, Nov. 21, 1894. 



