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whole cost of the ensilage, seventy-five tons in the silo, was 

 $74.00 out for the seventy-five tons in. I had but one pit and I 

 found that there was more spoiled than there would have been 

 if it had been divided. My corn was hauled in directly from the 

 field green." 



The President: " I want to ask Mr. Periam about this which 

 they call ensilage corn ; what is it ? " 



Mr. Periam: "Ensilage corn is a southern corn generally 

 that grows to stalk pretty well. As we all know, the further we go 

 south, the higher the stalks of corn grow and the less ears they 

 produce, but it is prettv well furnished with leaf surface and that 

 is what gives the plant its value. What we call ensilage corn 

 has a good deal of leaf surface." 



The President: "Well, does that corn brought from the 

 south produce more leaves in the north than it will if it were 

 planted right in the south? " 



Answer — "Yes, all plants do. They produce more leaf 

 surface in a given time in a temperate climate than they do in a 

 southern climate." 



Mr. Boyd : " What we understand to be ensilage corn does 

 not produce any more leaf than northern corn. There is a 

 good deal of stalk and a good deal of ear; I have had three ears 

 on a stalk." 



The President: "There is a kind of corn that some parties 

 claim they almost have a patent on ; it is about two dollars per 

 bushel, and there's another kind of corn that is said to be grown 

 in the garden adjoining that is offered now at very much less 

 per bushel. Now, the question is, is it the same thing? " 



Mr. Boyd: "I am not quite satisfied in my own mind that 

 even southern corn is the best corn for us to put in the silo. I 

 I don't know but our common northern corn would be just as 

 good." 



Mr. Potter: "Burrell & Whitman claim to have made a. good 

 specialty of corn for ensilage purpose and that it is superior to 

 all other corn. Mr. Gurler last year procured some of the B. 

 & W. corn and some other (obtained at St. Louis), planted both, 



