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FOR FODDER AND ENSILAGE 



is not grown nearly so much as it should be, and it would pay farmers, instead of growing so much cheap grain, to turn their 

 attention to stock-feeding and dairying, and thereby not only make as much money but improve the fertility of the farm. Coin 



is, undoubtedly, the best of the plants for the silo, and in these 



EVERGREEN SWEET FODDER CORN. Fodder grown 

 from the Evergreen Sweet Corn is superior in quality to that of 

 the ordinary field varieties, being richer, sweeter and more 

 digestible. The best plan is to sow in rows 24 to 30 inches apart, 

 using one bushel of corn per acre. $2.00 bushel; ten bushels and 

 upwards, $1.80 bushel. 



SWEET FODDER CORN. Best for cutting and feeding 

 green during the summer months. This is better than any field 

 corn, from the fact that it is so very sweet and nutritious that 

 cattle will eat every part of the stalk and leaves with relish. 

 Drill thickly, in rows three feet apart, using 1 }£ bushels of seed 

 per acre. SI. 75 bushel ; 10 bushels and upwards,~$1.60 bushel. 



SOUTHERN HORSE TOOTH. Grows to a large size, is very 

 leafy and well adapted for ensilage. Large quantities of this corn 

 are sold by feed and other stores which usually result in 

 disappointment to the farmer. There is no corn more difficult to 

 cure or keep properly, and much of it is kiln-dried, while large 

 quantities have been stored in elevators and gone through a 

 sweating process which has destroyed the germ. The stock we 

 offer is carefully selected and sun-dried and of high germination. 

 SI. 60 bushel ; 10 bushels and upwards, SI. 50 bushel. 



IMPROVED EARLY HORSE TOOTH. Being nearly two 

 weeks earlier, this vaiiety is better adapted for fodder and ensilage 

 in the Northern States than the ordinary Southern Horse Tooth. 

 SI. 60 bushel ; 10 bushels and upwards, SI. 50 bushel. 



RURAL THOROUGHBRED WHITE FLINT. An early 

 variety, valuable for Ihe Northern States. Owing to its suckering 

 and branching habit, it yields enormously. $2.00 bushel; 10 

 bushels and upwards, $1.80 bushel. 



days of sharp competition in the dairy business, no dairy, 

 whether for milk or butter, can be profitably run without an 

 abundance of ensilage, especially when it is made of the com- 

 bination of Corn and Soja Beans as recommended on page 23. 

 For though Corn is undoubtedly the most serviceable crop for 

 ensilage, it is deficient in albuminoids or flesh formers, and 

 this deficiency is supplied by the Soja Beans, which are 

 exceedingly rich in albuminoids, thereby making a complete 

 balanced ration and a SAVING IN FEED BILLS OF 

 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS annually to 

 the dairymen and stock-feeders of the United States. Every 

 year the testimony becomes stronger that fodder corn should not 

 be sown broadcast. It may be planted in hills, but the largest 

 crops can be raised by planting in rows about three feet apart and 

 thoroughly cultivating. The corn should, if possible, reach the 

 glazing stage, as in that condition it makes a better quality of 

 ensilage. In the North, Rural Thoroughbred and Early Mastodon 

 are the best for ensilage, being early, large, and ear well. Further 

 South, the Southern Horse Tooth and Improved Early Horse 

 Tooth produce the largest crops and are the most satisfactory. 

 Especially on farms where a large amount of ensilage corn is 

 planted we recommend that two or three varieties be used, so 

 that the work can then extend over several weeks if necessary, 

 ind all put in the silo in proper condition. 



