UTILIZATION' OF PEA-CANNERY REFUSE FOR FORAGE. 7 



Tm!I,k I. -Coiiipositi'iu of rorii silnfie (ind pea-vine silage. 



Kind of silage. 



Corn (immature corn) «. 



Corn (mature corn) " 



Pea vinH " 



Tea vine b 



Ash. 



Per cent. 

 1.44 

 1.31 

 3.73 

 2.10 



a .Vnnual Report, Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, 1904. 



b .Vnalysis by Prof. George \V. Cavanaugh, Cornell I'niversity, Ithaca, N. "^ . 



It will bo seen that pea-vine silage is richer in protein than is corn 

 silage, about the same in fat, but not quite so rich in nitrogen-free 

 extract. 



PEA- VINE SILACJE FOR DAIRY COWS. 



The results of few carefully conducted feeding experiments with 

 pea-vine silage for dairy cow^s are recorded. Mr. Joseph Gerber, who 

 owns a small dairy in Fremont, Mich., conducted a ninety-day test 

 with corn silage, pea silage, and clover hay, feeding twelve cows dur- 

 ing the entire test 4 pounds a day of a mixture of equal parts of corn 

 meal and oil meal. The silage and hay were not weighed, but the 

 animals were allowed to have what they would eat up clean. The 

 milk was separated and the cream sold. No record w^as kept of the 

 milk produced, the receipts for cream only being taken into con- 

 sideration. 



For the first thirty-day period, ending March 31, the cows were 

 fed on corn silage and the receipts for cream were $87. For the next 

 thirty days they were fed pea-vine silage and the receipts for cream 

 were $96. During the last thirty-day period clover hay was fed and 

 the receipts for cream were only $66. These results show a slight 

 increase in favor of pea-vine silage over corn silage. 



Pea-vine silage is especially valuable for late summer feeding, 

 when pastures are short and before new corn silage is available. A 

 prominent Michigan dairyman states that as a result of three years' 

 experience he is satisfied that pea-vine silage is as good or better than 

 corn silage, provided it is properly kept. lie prefers it to corn silage 

 for summer feeding. One year he fed about 75 tons, with good 

 results. 



In some localities where the canners are selling silage the farmers^ 

 are hauling it as many as 7 miles to feed their dairy cows and are 

 getting considerably increased yields of milk. In some cases they 

 report getting one-third more milk by feeding the silage. 



A New York dairyman states that in his experience when pea 

 silage is fed with the same quantity of gi'ain it will produce more 

 milk than corn silage. He does not consider it as good for other 



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