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grain to the acre than with corn that had no suckers. I believe 

 that in our state I can handle my fodder to better advantage 

 and a great deal cheaper in the way recommended in this paper, 

 and get practically as much value out of it as by putting it into 

 the silo. 



Mr. Boyd: I do not want to be understood as saying that 

 I do not think well of the silo, because I do think well of it, but 

 I think better of the shredded corn. A gentleman has spoken 

 about the shredded fodder hurting the cows' mouths. I think 

 that is owing to the want of speed in the shredder. These shred- 

 ding machines will not work well at a slow speed. The one I 

 have requires a speed of 1,500 revolutions a minute to make the 

 shredding perfect. Another thing, it requires less when the 

 corn stalks are a little damp. I tried to work mine first with 

 horse power, but I found it did much better with a steam engine. 



Mr. Spies: Speaking of the comparative value of ensilage 

 and corn fodder, I noticed a bulletin, issued, I think, from the 

 Indiana Experiment Station, showing where they took a great 

 deal of trouble to determine the value of an acre of corn placed 

 in a silo and an acre of corn shredded, and fed in that way, of 

 course, according to approved methods, and they came to the 

 conclusion that an acre of corn placed in the silo was worth $10 

 more an acre than when fed in the shape of fodder to cows. 



Mr. Boyd: Prof. Plumb and Prof. Sanborn came to very 

 different conclusions. 



Mr. Judd: The Madison Experiment Station of Wisconsin 

 gives it entirely different. 



Mr. Boyd: You see at the present prices $10 an acre for 

 corn would be an ' 'ungodly" difference. The farmer cannot 

 afford to be an experiment station, he cannot go into any such 

 details as that. We can only judge from general appearances. 

 I prefer the shredded corn because I think I do better with it. 

 Now, I may be mistaken, but the Experiment Stations are for 

 the purpose of giving us tnat information, the scientific part of 

 the information. 



Mr. Judd: I want to ask you, Mr. Boyd, don't you consider 

 that your experience and your conclusion that this was a better 



