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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



A summary of the facts shown in the above experiment 

 is as follows : — 



First, -When the green corn was dried in stacks, the loss 

 of food was less than it was when the corn was packed in a 

 silo. 



Second, When dried corn-fodder was cut and crushed, it 

 was eaten by the cows under experiment quite as readily, 

 and with as little waste, as ensilage. 



Third, In three cases the yield of milk was not increased 

 when ensilage was substituted for dried corn ; but, in one 

 case, ensilage caused an increase of eighty-seven pounds of 

 milk in forty days. 



Fourth, In the mixed milk for twenty days of herd No. 1, 

 ensilage caused no increase in the yield of total solid matter ; 

 while in the milk of herd No. 2, for the same period, it caused 

 a gain of eight pounds and one-third, or seven per cent. 



Geo. H. Cook, Director. 



New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 20, 1882. 



