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cattle as dry fodder. In either case an equal quantity of the food materials is 

 destroyed, on an average about one fifth. » * » This loss being equal in either case, 

 the question of which method of preserving fodder corn to adopt becomes one of 

 convenience and economy of feed. As will be seen in the discussion of the feeding trials 

 with silage and dry fodder, the value of these feeding stuffs is about the same for 

 milk and butter production, and hence the adoption or nou-adoption of the silo must 

 be decided on the score of conveuieuce. In some localities the conditions may be 

 more favorable to the field-curing system, while in others the uncertainty of weather, 

 the cheapness of lumber, or the severity of winter may speak strongly in favor of the 

 system of ensiling the fodder corn. 



Number and size of fat globules in cows' milk, F. W. Woll, 

 M. S. (pp. 238-247). — A popular discussion of this subject, together with 

 a tabulated record of microscopical examinatious of the milk of 4 cows 

 each month during the past year, and a tabulated statement of the 

 number and sii^e of globules in the milk of 4 different cows before and 

 after calving. 



The author states that "the number of globules increases and their 

 size decreases with advancing lactation;" and that "the stage of the 

 lactation period seemed to be of greater importance than the breed or 

 individuality of the cow in determining the size of the globules." 



"A disturbance of any kind, hard treatment, excitement, sickness, 

 etc., will leave its mark on the number and size of globules, and hence 

 influence the creaming qualities of the milk and the rapidity and com- 

 pleteness with which the churn will do its work. Succulent foods seem 

 to diminish the size of the globules and increase their number." 



