i8o 



HarsJibergcr. — Maize , 



to obtain more condensed protein matter for human food 

 without the necessary loss in fat. 



Milch Cows. — To determine the value of maize for all-round 

 feeding reference must be made to a few experiments. The fol- 

 lowing is significant : 1 " The nutritive value of our dry corn 

 stover and of a good corn ensilage, taking into consideration 

 pound for pound of the dry vegetable matter they contain, has 

 proved in our case fully equal, if not superior, to that of the 

 average English hay." "The total cost of the feed for the 

 production of milk is lowest whenever corn fodder or corn 

 ensilage have replaced in the whole or in part English hay." 

 The Wisconsin station made some experiments on the yield 

 of butter and milk by animals fed on fodder corn. For a 

 period of forty-two days, 1227 pounds of corn supplemented 

 with 672 pounds of bran and corn meal produced 1487.72 

 pounds of milk and 58.68 pounds of butter. 



A discussion of ensiled corn versus fodder corn has been 

 engaged in. If it can be shown that the nutritive value of the 

 ensiled material is higher than the field-cured, then the loss 

 which occurs in the silo is immaterial. 



Table XVII. 

 Results of Feeding Ensiled and Fodder Com.- 



This table indicates that the largest product both of milk 

 and butter occurred when the ensiled material was used. The 

 Maine station (Rep. 1889) compares the value of corn silage 

 and hay : " In these experiments the addition of ensiled corn 



1 Massachusetts Agr. Exp. Stit. Rep., 18SS. 



2 Wisconsin Agric. Stat. Rep., 1S8S ; Exp. Stat. Bui., U.S. D. A., II, 193- 



