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may be a satisfactory variety for a given local- 

 ity and conditions. In the South there are 

 numei-ous varieties which produce the best of 

 material for silage that would not mature in 

 New England, Michigan or Wisconsin suflB- 

 ciently to warrant their being planted there. 



Growing corn for silage. — The writer rec- 

 ommends that silage corn be grown under 

 ordinary field conditions, and that such of the 

 crop be used for the silo as circumstances make 

 necessary, using the remainder for the later 

 harvest. This is a method which he has found 

 in practice to be very satisfactory. Prof. 

 Georgeson of Kansas, however, recommends* 

 planting thicker than ordinary when the ciop 

 is grown for silage. At the Kansas experiment 

 station they always plant the silage corn in 

 drills, and have found by experience that they 

 get the heaviest yield when the stalks are four 

 to eight inches apart in rows one and one-half 

 feet apart. At this distance the ears are small 

 and totally unfit for market, but the plants 

 furnish a large amount of nutrition and make 

 up in number w'hat they lack in size. 



The same rules for caring for common field 

 corn will apply to that intended for the silo. 

 The cultivation should be frequent enough to 

 destroy all weeds and encourage a rapid growth 

 of the plant. Unless a rotation of crops or 



* Prairie Farmer, June 8, 1895. 



