DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



71 



cotton-seed meal alone, containing, however, an amount of food equal to that 

 fed durin;; the first period. 



Average daily j'ipld for Ist period. 



4. U « U 2(1 '• 



Average daily yield for 91 days 



IV. 



K yifl. old. 



CHlvpd 



OtU 10. 



lbs. 



24.1 



24. 



24. 



24. 



An opportunity is here offered to call attention to the fact tliat up to a cer- 

 tain point the yield of millc may be influenced by tlie quantity of digestible 

 food; but beyond this point, which is determined by breed, time of calving, 

 and individual peculiarity, an increased amount of food fails to increase tlie 

 yield of mill\. Ensilasfe can produce no more milk than any other fodder 

 which contains an equal amount of food, a point well illustrated by the above 

 table. 



While the yield of milk and its percentage of butter cannot be incrensed at 

 will, it is well known that its quality rn.ay be very materially influenced by the 

 feeding. It is claimed for ensilage thit it makes " winter butter equal to June 

 butter," a claim willingly admitted, butter made from the fodder being to our 

 knowledge of unusually hue color and flavor. 



The cuinposition of ensilage is by no means constant, as the following table 

 of ai;alyses shows: soil, variety of com, method of planting and cultivat- 

 ing, and above all the time of harvesting exert a decided influence ou its 

 quality. 



The samples furnished by Mr. Piatt and Messrs. Whitman & Burrill had 

 the characteristic vinous smell which indicated that they had been exposed to 

 the air before reaching the laboratory — and probably an analysis of a perfect 

 sample would have indicated a larger amount of nutritive matter. From per- 

 sonal observation at the silo, we know that Mr. Piatt's ensilage was as well 

 preserved as any we have seen. 



In this table the samples have been arranged with reference to their percent- 

 age of water and carbhydrates : 



Mr. Mills, Pompton, N. J 



Mr. Morris, Oaklanil Manor, Mil 



Buckley Bro.s , Port Jervis, N. Y 



Coe Bros., West Mcriilian, (;onn 



Mii-h. St.ile .\}rriciiltiiral Pol., Lansing... 



CollfKC Kami, New Brunswick, N. J 



Mr. Plan, Sii nil- III, Conn 



Whitman & Biirnll, l.illle Kails, N. Y. . 



James lipjiiiiroli. Mt. Holly, N'. J 



Dr. J. M. Bailey, Billerica, Mass 



Cfirbhy. 

 dm tea. 

 Pr.Ct. 



13.04 

 12.(« 

 10.73 

 9.62 

 8.68 

 8 28 

 8 03 

 7.K5 

 7.91 

 7.03 



