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duced price, and } t ou can make a better quality of beef 

 on half the grain that is usually fed to beef cattle. 



And those who are turning their attention to .the 

 large mutton breeds of sheep will find it hard to keep 

 up the standard of their flocks without a succulent 

 food, for they have been brought to their present high 

 state of perfection largely by the use of roots, and in 

 no way can a succulent food be obtained as easy as 

 through the silo. 



Now, in conclusion, I would advise those who are 

 thinking of building a silo, to visit some first-class dai- 

 ryman that has one, and be convinced of its value as I 

 was. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Seeley: Do I understand your corn did not have 

 ears on ? 



Mr Graham : No, there was no corn on it this year 

 as the weather was very dry; I have put in ensilage 

 corn twice that had ears on and in each case when it 

 had corn on my cows haven't done as well as when it 

 did not have any. They ate it up cleaner and ate more 

 of it. If there is corn in it, they will muss it all over 

 to pick the corn out, they don't get at it and eat it 

 right up. 



Mr. Seeley: I filled a silo three years, and I find out 

 from all the information that I can get that it is best 

 to have ears and have them in a nearly mature con- 

 dition. 



Mr. Graham: I know that is the prevailing idea. It 

 looks as though the corn would make the ensilage rich- 

 er, but if you will try the two varieties, you will find 

 there is a great difference between the stalk of the en- 

 silage corn and the common field corn, if you have en- 

 silage corn growing twelve feet high, the cattle will eat 

 it all up clean. 



