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UTILIZATION OF PEA-CANNERY REFUSE FOR FORAGE. 



tramplino: and packing? than when run throii^jh the cutter. The silo 

 shouhl always be filled as rapidly as possible, for if the fillin": extends 

 over a period of several weeks, the leno;th of the pea-canninp; season, 

 the silafje will spoil and be unfit for feedino;. For this reason it will 

 hardly be practioaljle for a farmer or dairyman who lives at some dis- 

 tance from the cannery to put the vines in a silo unless he has plenty 

 of teams and labor and can get all the vines he needs. 



FEEDING VALUE OF THE SILAGE. 



The silage made from the refuse pea vines is generally regarded as 

 possessing a high feeding value for dairy cows and other animals 

 when a succulent feed is desired. There is some difference of opinion, 

 however, regarding its value as compared with corn silage. Most 

 dairymen who have had extensive experience in feeding both are of 



YiQ, 2.— stacks of pea-vine silage, showing the carrier used for conveying the vines to -the stack. 



the opinion that the pea-vine silage produces a greater flow of milk 

 than does corn silage. On the other hand, a few contentl that when 

 a chano-e is made from corn silage to pea-vine silage there is always a 

 perceptible falling off in the milk production. The latter, however, 

 are decidedly in the minority. Some cases of this nature were fountl 

 to be due to the fact that the pea-vine silage was partially spoiled, 

 and it is possible that all unfavorable results could be traced to 

 similar conditions. 



The following table shows the composition of pea-vine silage from 

 different sources in comparison witli corn silage. 



[Cir. 4.-.! 



