ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 9 a. m. 
After the convention was called to order, topic No. 2 
was again resumed, as the subject of soiling was considered 
of great importance to the dairyman. 
G. P. Lord said he had read in the Country Gentleman 
how we could cut but 40 tons per acre, of green corn, while 
in France it is claimed 120 tons can be raised. Now can 
we raise 120 tons per acre ? If one person can do it, all 
can do it. Under the same circumstances, he believed corn 
fodder very valuable feed for milch cows when dry weather 
usually begins. In August, he began feeding 40 head one 
bushel of cut-corn fodder per day—i. e., run through a 
cutting machine. One-third of an acre would make 1,600 
messes ; this was cheap feed. To make it pay we must 
keep more stock on the same land ; we must make more 
than we do now. The French people have a mode peculiar 
to themselves. They dig deep trenches in the ground and 
bury the green corn, which comes out sweet and good—is 
kept in this manner for a long time—when it is freely eaten 
by the cattle. Anyone could try it, it costs nothing. 
Dr. Tefft thought this an important question, and 
should be further discussed. He quoted from a paper read 
by ex-Governor Price, of New York, on this subject, show¬ 
ing the plan of burying. Said it was chopped fine and then 
spread in layers in ditches, with layers of straw, and then 
covered two feet deep with earth ; pains is taken to close 
all cracks or openings. When taken out it showed no fer¬ 
mentation, and stock would eat it readily. Could be kept 
sweet by this plan for one year. If this is a fact, we can 
keep our cows cheaper than we now do. Two acres would 
keep a cow for one year. 
