EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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Silo No. 1 was emptied November 22, and No. 2, November 27, 1897. 

 The weights of the corn put in and the silage taken out, the per cent of 

 loss of total substance, the weight of dry matter put in and taken out, 

 and the per cent of loss of dry matter in each case is shown in the pre- 

 ceding table. 



The next table gives the chemical composition of the freshly cut corn 

 as put in the silo at the different dates, and of the silage taken out. 

 The per cent of ingredients other than dry matter refer to the per cents 

 of each in the dry matter. 



Composition of fresh material and of the silage made from it. 



Date. 



Dry 

 matter. 



Per cent 



Composition of dry matter. 



August 10 



S latre 



Aueust 25 



Silage 



September 6. 



Silage 



S PT ,tumber 15 



Silage 



17.31 



14.49 

 20.87 



17.31 

 27.19 

 22. 80 

 34.86 

 28 51 



Ash. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



N. free 

 extract. 



Per cent . Per cent . Per cent . 



7.94 

 6.77 

 5.64 

 6.49 

 4.94 

 5.18 

 3>7 

 4.50 



27.52 

 26.89 

 21.59 

 26.45 



IX. 21 

 23.14 

 17.62 

 19.45 



49.81 



49.11 



60.38 



51.83 



64.05 



£8.1 



66.7! 



64.31 



The next table reports the pounds of albuminoid nitrogen, protein, N. 

 free extract, crude fibre and fat in the corn and in the silage at the differ- 

 ent dates, and the per cent of loss in each case. 



Nutrients in the original corn and in tin $ilag< . 



♦ (iain instead of loss. 



