458 



In calculating the losses in onr experiment it would plainly he unfair to the proc- 

 ess of ensiling to include our large loss from molding. In place of astinmiug any 

 loss from this source we have preferred to calculate simply the loss hy fermentation, 

 leaving it to the Judgment of the reader what addition to this ought to be made for 

 the small amount of nxdding which not infre«iuently occurs. 



Analyses wore made of tlie <oiii imt into earh silo aiul of samples of 

 the silaj;e ami tield-jured fodder. '' Only a few sami)les. liowever. were 

 taken of the material from tlie slowly lille«l ]iit, an<l it ai>i«*art'd subse- 

 quently that these weie not suttieientl> numerous t4» fairly rrpre.sent 

 the composition of this lot of silajje.'' 



The calculated amounts of food in<;re<lients in the jcfreen nmterial as 

 harvested in the sila^je from the rapidl.\ tilled jut. not e\eludin«; that 

 wliieli UKtlded, and in the tield eured fuddei-, are j,n\en as follows: 



Food nniiKliiiilx ill iifiliil ii ml tiild-cured /odder com. 



* Tlir Hiiin -f nii:iiifl<-8 mi u|i|ian>nt caiu. 



Out of <'\ cPN liiiiMln-d ]Miiiiiil>i i>l' <lr\ iii;itl<'i pot into the silo, Ul.TO |)ouuds wi-re 

 lost liy fcrnicntat ion :ind slt.L'l |Miniids rcroM-rcd in the sihigc, u hile in the case of (lie 

 field cni'ing, out of rvt-ry huiidnd pounds of dry nnitter with which we started we 

 lost 1,'U.iiS pounds and recovered TM.Ul' pounds. I'lirthernuin-, we can readily figure 

 out that the 10. 7t) pounds of dry niatt<r lo^t from the sihige and tin- '2i).W pounds 

 lost from the todder contained the fidlowing numher of pounds of t^ach single 

 ingredient: 



Ash 



AII>iniiiiiiiiilH 



Noil ;lllllllllilloillH 



friiil.- lilM-r 



Nilrii;;i'ii liX't" cxirart 

 Fat 



Tola! 



Fipld 

 ruriii|(. 



I'ovudn. 



2 17 



0. !)I 



+0. (Kl 



:{. IS 



l4. ."••• 

 0.17 



W.98 



If will lie oliserved that in the ahove talile there is an ajipareut loss of a«h. This 

 of course should not he the case if tliere were no ]eak;ige from the silo, and there is 

 difliculty in ex]>laiuing this loss even on tin- sii]i]iosition tliat some of the Juices of 

 the corn soaked into tlic ground. * * 



As the general result of this jmrtioii ol" the experiment, then, we may formulate 

 the following concjusiiuis: 



(1) 'I'lie silage lost about one half as much dry matter by fermentation as the tield- 

 curcd fodder did by fermeutatiuu and niei liunic a) losses together. 



