SUBSTITUTIOM OF RoOTS FOR CONCENTRATKD FoODS. 4// 



same amount for fertilizers. As much digestible organic matter was 

 produced in one acre of corn as was obtained from 1.91 acres of mangels 

 and 2.05 acres of sugar beets. In the feeding experiment, the silage 

 ration made more gains in live weight and in milk production than the 

 beet ration per 100 pounds of digestible dry matter. 



At Uie Vermont Station* one hundred pounds of dry matter, both in 

 the entire ration and in the experimental part of the ration, gave slightly 

 greater returns when silage was fed than when it was replaced by beets, 

 the dry matter in the silage making 1% more milk and total solids 

 and 4% more fat. These differences are too small to be very important, 

 and in these tests it may be considered that the dry matter of each 

 fodder had about equal feeding value. The beets cost more to grow, 

 harvest and store, and at best produced no more and no better milk. 

 On the other hand, beets were much liked by the cows and promoted 

 their general health and digestion, and therefor it was thought that they 

 might serve a useful purpose as an appetizer, particularly if no other 

 food of a succulent nature were at hand. 



The above digest of experiments indicates in the main the results that 

 have been secured elsewhere in the study of this question. 



Results at the Cornell Station. The results of the experiments at the 

 Cornell Station with reference to the dry matter in mangels and in 

 silage agree very closely with those reported from Ohio. It has been 

 found here that pound for pound of dry matter, the dry matter in mangels 

 is, if anything, a little more than equal to the dry matter in silage. 



* VenuDnt Station Report, 1895. Pa-ges 203-236. 



