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that no especial pains need be taken in order to get good results, ex- 
cept that the silo be tight, or, in other words, that the air be ex- 
cluded, and that the various fillings shall follow each other before 
putrefactive changes can take place from the previous fillings. 
In 1885 the silo was again filled, every care being taken to do the 
work of filling as carelessly as could be expected even on the most 
ordinary farm, the experiment being to determine with how little ex- 
pense a silo could be filled and the forage secured. ‘The following 
amounts of forage were tumbled in in inch pieces at the dates named: 
Lbs. 
Aug. 10. Dent fodder corn 1813 
11. Pop 3005 
a2) lint sf a 4437 
13. Flint and Sweet fodder corn 4359 
19. Pop ceil se 5166 
Up to Aug. 28, the above fodder in the silo was not even covered. 
At no time had it been trampled except what was necessary in order 
to level. Aug. 28the planks were laid on. Sept. 3, the planks were 
removed and 4759 lbs. of Amber Cane fodder dropped in. At this 
time the surface of the ensilage was somewhat dry, and a little de- 
cayed in some places, especially where the planks had rested rather 
heavily. At the depth of eight inches the ensilage was in excellent 
condition, but very warm and somewhat acid. Sept. 4, 5261 Ibs. of 
Amber Cane fodder was added, leveled, and the planks laid on. 
Nov. 18, the planks were removed from a portion of the silo. 
The upper layer of the silage was very rotten, but no putrefactive 
smell, the smell being rather that from a rotten and damp stump. 
At four inches down the silage in perfect condition, and but very 
slightly acid. At six inches “down perceptibly warm, as also at a 
foot depth. Dec. 9, no change observed. 
It is certainly interesting to note that silage cut and stored at in- 
tervals, and without the use of weights, should keep so well, and if 
this experiment is not exceptional in its results, and we know no 
reason why it should be, it seems to indicate that much of the ex- 
pense usually attending the filling of a silo, may be escaped. 
FORAGE CROPS. 
The season has been a favorable one for forage crops, and hence a 
greater weight of growth than obtained last year. The plats used 
were all one twentieth of an acre, and are represented by Series C. 
plats 1 to 10 inclusive and 12 to 15 inclusive. Of these plats, C. 1 
and 2 received each 111 cords farm dung in 1882 and no fertilization 
in 1883; C. 3 and 4 received 40 lbs. of phosphate in 1882; C. 5 re- 
ceived 80 lbs. in 1882; C. 15 none; C. 14 and 15 received 40 lbs. 
each in 1883. With these exceptions, the plats each received 20 lbs. 
of phosphate in 1882, 1883 and 1884, and 50 lbs. in 1885. So far as 
applied fertilizer is concerned, we then have C. 1 and 2 as duplicates; 
C..3 and 4 as duplicates ; C. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 as duplicates. 
The plats are all 2x4 rods square, and were marked off either in 9 
or 18 drills per plat, and the seed sown in as near as could be equiva- 
