45G 



Yield of soiling crops (pp. 101-106). — The yields per acre of rye, clover, 

 aud each of the four kinds of corn arc given, tojicther Avitli the calcu- 

 lated amounts of food in<ircdicnts, and of diy;cstible ingredients con- 

 tained iu the same. The latter arc as follows: 



Yii'ld of diijtstihle ingredients in soiling crops per acre. 



All)iiiiiiiii>i(ls 

 Xonalbiimiuiiiils. 



CarboliyilniU'S (iiitr<t;;«n-fre« eximct 



and fiber) '. 



Fat 



Making allowance for the portions of the soiling crops not eaten by 

 the animals, and for the fact that "by our system two soiling crops are 

 grown upon the same grouml in the same season," a calculation is made 

 of the e<lible digestible organic matter in the form of soiling crops 

 yiehled by 1 acre of land in one season. Tlirsc figures are comi>arcd 

 with those for i»astnrc grass in the following tabic: 



Yield per acre in one season. 



We may say tli.it in rouml numUers the al>«»ve fijjnres show that we can jiroduoe 

 from three to live times a.s much Wijicstible iooil per acre by means of the soiling 

 crops above named a.s is proiliiceil by pastiiraj^e sueh as is represented by our small 

 plat. • * * 



The hi^^hest yiebl of soiliuj; was obtaiueil by growiu;; rather eoarse aud fairly 

 mature eoru, which had to be run throujjfh a fet-il cutter before fcediuii;. 



Relative evonnnij/ <>/ sitUiinj loul pusturmie (jip. KHi-irj). — -"l)!!!' <lata 

 as to tin' relative eost of soiling and pasturage are not as <-oinplcte or 

 exact as might be wished, but we think them ttfsutiicient interest to be 

 presented h<n'. hi considering them it must of course be borne in 

 mind that they ar»' based upon a single year's e\i)crience, and tln-y 

 must be umlerstooil as being suggestive rather than decisive." 



Calculations are made of the cost of raising ami jneparing the soil- 

 ing crops for feeding, and (»f the net cost «»f the grain ami hay fed with 

 the soiling crops, making allowance Ibr the \ able of the fcrtili/ing ingn'- 

 diciits. In the feeding trial described alxive <i.L*;; pounds of dig«'stible 



