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Mr. Graham: The objection I have to the field 

 corn is that it takes so much land to fill your silo, and 

 that counts on a small farm. 



Mr. Spicer: I filled my silo from about twelve 

 acres, about 200 tons, and I think it is very satisfac- 

 tory. 



The Chairman : Prof. Farrington, tell us whether 

 there is any difference more than the water between 

 ensilage and dry corn. 



Prof. Farrington: I would not assume to make 

 any statement in regard to the comparative value of 

 corn ensilage and corn shocked when such men as Mr. 

 Gurler and Mr. Boyd have had so much longer experi- 

 ence in that work, and know a great deal more about 

 it than I do. 



Mr. King : Have any of the gentlemen present had 

 any experience in raising rye for ensilage ? 



Mr. Heaps : I never had any experience, but it 

 appears to me it would be a very dangerous feed to 

 grow, dangerous to feed to a breeding cow. I want to 

 say that I think Prof. Henry claims there is just as 

 much nutrition in corn fodder as in ensilage. 



The Chairman : If I remember right there were a 

 good many gentlemen present at the time who did not 

 believe it. 



Mr. Sawyer : I think it is Dr. Laws, of England, 

 who estimates that three tons of ensilage contain 

 about one-half the digestible matter contained in one 

 ton of timothy hay, what the chemist would say was 

 there, and what the animal ought to take out, but any 

 man that has had any experience with ensilage will 

 say, " I will take the three tons of ensilage in prefer- 

 ence to the one ton of hay every time," and he sizes it 

 up this Avay, that, notwithstanding the ton of hay has 



