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WHOLE CORN IN SILO 
In most cases it would not be profit¬ 
able to fill a silo with whole corn; for 
instance, a round silo. I do not think 
it could be packed to advantage; also, 
in a silo outside of the barn it would be 
almost impossible to get the whole corn 
up into it. But in my case I save the 
expense of cutting and of having a 
large force of men around. I have 
used a silo for the past 15 years, and 
have filled it with whole corn every year 
except two. One year I filled with 
green clover and one year I had the 
corn cut. My silo is built in one end 
of a basement barn, next to the barn 
floor where we drive in to unload. We 
can fill it over half full before any has 
to be lifted up. When it gets so high a 
man cannot pitch it in we build a stag¬ 
ing to pitch on, and there a man stands 
and puts it over into the silo where 
two men pack it away, taking pains to 
keep the bundles straight, even and 
tight together. In regard to packing, 
we commence at one side, putting the 
tops out, leaving them up against the 
side; then lap the next tier on a little 
above the bands until we get across, or 
within three feet of the outside, when 
we change and put the tops outside 
again. Thus the bundles are changed 
the other end to every other course, 
which keeps it level and the tops to the 
outside and on top. which does not give 
the air much chance to get in if well 
tramped down. I have failed to see 
any cut silage that is as juicy as if put 
in whole. The cows seem to eat it up 
just as clean, and do just as well as 
though it were cut. The strings are 
left on until we get it in front of the 
cows, when they are taken off and 
thrown in the gutter. We grow the 
eight-rowed State corn, as it packs to 
better advantage and makes better 
silage, as there is more grain in it. I 
know of two other cases where they 
used to cut in their corn, but after try¬ 
ing it whole they do not care to have it 
cut again. E. G. wallis. 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
Seeding to Grass. 
A. F., Woonsocket, R. I .—I have a field 
from which this year I raised wheat and 
corn. The wheat yield was very poor. Last 
Summer was very dry—no rain fell in 
August—still I got 180 bushels of corn, 
about 40 bushels to the acre. I had put 12 
cords of horse manure to the acre, which 
saved my corn, though very much of it 
was barren. The land is light, but rich. I 
want to plant it to timothy and clover, but 
would like to get a nurse crop—oats, if 
possible—this year. What would you ad¬ 
vise? 
Ans. —First we would send to the 
R. I. Experiment Station at Kingston 
and obtain bulletins on grass culture. 
We do not sow grass seed in Spring. 
Fall is the natural time for grass seed¬ 
ing. When the soil is properly fitted 
you will do better without any “nurse 
crop.” We should fit the land in Spring 
and sow three bushels of oats per acre. 
Cut them “in the milk,” that is, when 
the grain is soft, and cure for hay. 
Then either plow the oat stubble or 
chop it up with a disk harrow and keep 
it constantly stirred up through July 
and August. Get the soil as fine as pos¬ 
sible, and early in September sow at 
least 12 quarts of TiniQthy and six quarts 
of Red-top seed per acre, with GOO 
pounds of good fertilizer. 
Albert Wood on Apple Culture. 
L. G. B., Corfu, N. Y.—Would Mr. Albert 
Wood give his opinion of the Alexander, Bis¬ 
marck, Constantine and Wolf River apples, 
with description of each and their commer¬ 
cial value? Also, will he give his method 
of orchard culture? When does lie plow and 
how deep? What plow does he use? IIow 
many times does he cultivate and when does 
he seed down and with what? Docs he 
plow annually or biennally. 
Ans. —There is no question in my 
mind about sod orchards or cultivation. 
Of course I stand for cultivation. In 
regard to the Alexander, Bismarck, Con¬ 
stantine and Wolf River apples, I have 
T m is re u re a , re 
them n'Ll in bearing. The Alexander is 
certainly an up-to-date Fall apple, brings 
good money and every other year a full 
crop. The Bismarck seems to be of 
more dwarf habit, and does not belong 
to the same family. It is a very tart 
and showy red apple, annual bearer, and 
its market value has not been established 
as yet, but it certainly shows well on the 
market as a box fruit, and will, I think, 
compete with a good many varieties that 
are shipped down from the Wolf River 
section. The Constantine is an annual 
bearer and of the same family as the 
Alexander and Wolf River. You can 
hardly tell it from an Alexander, and I 
like it very much. I have it on Doucin 
stock and would use it for fillers. The 
Wolf River is proving itself to be a very 
valuable apple, and on the whole. I think 
Alexander, Constantine and Wolf River 
are a good business proposition. About 
our orchard culture, of course plow shal¬ 
low and cultivate often, and have a 
clover crop sown about the first of July. 
All these varieties mentioned should be 
manured every year. They seem to take 
to high cultivation, more so than our old 
established varieties here in Western 
New York. albert wood. 
Circumventing Cabbage Worms. 
■J. L. E .—What did the Hope Farm man 
do to keep the green worms off those 
8,000 cabbage plants he set out last July? 
Ans.— We gave the plants good cul¬ 
ture and fed them well in order to 
push them along. There were fewer in¬ 
sects than usual, and we did not use 
the poison as is usually done. When 
the worms are too plentiful we dust 
the cabbage with Paris green and flour 
or plaster—about one pound to the 
barrel. This kills the worms, but 
should never be used after the head 
really begins to form into a bunch. If 
we can get the plants by this stage we 
can usually make them head up by good 
culture and fertilizing. 
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