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v.ariefy was cut and shocked in tlie field at tlie same time the silos were 

 tilled, a part beiii^ brought to the barn and stored after a month's 

 standing-, and the remainder left in the field until wanted for feeding. 

 The tables showing the losses in dry matter and crude protein in 

 ensiling and shocking, indicate that " with a tight silo and fodder at the 

 right stage of maturity, corn can be preserved in the silo with a loss of 

 IG per cent of nutritive matter ; " and that in this experiment, during 

 which very little rain or snow fell, " the fodder corn lost 16.54 per cent 

 of dry matter." 



Three experiments were made to compare the feeding value of the 

 silage and fodder corn, in each of which four cows were used, two 

 being fed on each of these feeding stuff's, supplemented by hay, bran, 

 and oats, and changed to the opposite feed in a second period. Data 

 regarding the amounts of dry matter and protein eaten and the milk and 

 butter fat yielded during each period of the separate trials, together 

 with a summary of the results of the three trials, are tabulated. 



In conclusion the author makes the following statements : 



(1) Notwithstaucliug the fact that the fall of 1888 was exceptionally dry, and well 

 suited to the curing of fodder corn,the fodder shocked in the field lost a little more 

 dry matter than that preserved in the silo. Consequently, as far as the loss of dry 

 matter is concerned, there is little difference in the results between the method of 

 storing fodder in small silos, as managed in this case, and that of curing in shocks 

 during an exceptionally dry fall. 



(2) There is but little difference in the feeding value of the silage and fodder corn 

 when preserved under the conditions indicated above. In both cases the small dif- 

 ferences are in favor of the silage. 



Losses in corn sialics chie to iceathering (pp. 141,143). — Determinations 

 of the total amounts of dry matter and protein in a row of corn fodder 

 (stover) harvested w^hen the corn was ripe, and in one as nearly like it 

 as possible, after standing in the field for two months, implied a loss, in 

 duplicate samples, of 12.76 and 22.83 percent of the total dry matter, 

 and of 59.6 and 71.55 per cent of the total protein by weathering. 



Weight and composition of the different parts of the corn plant (pp. 

 143-145). — Three tables show the weight of different parts of the plant, 

 and the distribution of dry matter and protein in these different parts, 

 for five varieties of corn. " Taking the average of the five samples 

 given in the table, we see that nearly 50 per cent of the dry matter, 

 and over 30 per cent of the protein in fodder corn is present in the 

 much-neglected stalk. " 



Clover silage (i). 145). — A trial of preserving clover in a silo, showed 

 " a loss of 15.41 per cent of dry matter and 12.06 per cent of protein " 

 during ensiling. 



Comparative value of warm and cold water for milch 

 cows, F. H. King (pp. 146-188). — As this experiment was continued 

 in 1890, the two years' experiments are described together below, p. 445. 



