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protein content which is too much wanting in the 

 corn. But the first cutting of medium red clover can- 

 not he thus mixed with corn, since the corn is not far 

 enough advanced for being put into the silo when the 

 clover is ready for being thus stored. Nor is corn 

 sufficiently advanced for being preserved thus along 

 with mammoth clover. But the second cutting of 

 medium red clover is ready for being siloed at the 

 same time as corn. Because of the greater difficulty 

 experienced in many localities in curing the second 

 growth of medium clover, on account of the in- 

 creased dampness of the weather at that season there 

 is sometimes much propriety in curing it in the silo. 

 But under average conditions in the United States 

 and Canada, the curing of clover in the old-fashioned 

 way, with the exception stated, would seem to be 

 preferable to curing it in the silo. In climates with 

 much rainfall in harvest as that of Great Britain, it is 

 different. In that country it may be the better plan 

 to preserve clover in the silo. 



Millets. — The different kinds of millet may also 

 be preserved in the silo, although they are seldom 

 thus handled and for the following reasons : — 

 I, They mature at a season of the year favorable to 

 curing in the dry form, that is to say, they mature 

 in the latter part of the summer. 2, Like ordinary 

 hay they are easily handled in the field cured form. 

 3, The method of preserving them alone or unmixed 

 in the silo cannot be said as yet to have proved a 

 decided success. Millet silage would seem to be 

 more liable to mold than corn. This may not be 

 true of pearl millet, but experience in siloing that 

 product Vi^ould seem to be entirely wanting. 



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