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The niaximuiu yield of a measured acre of this fiekl was 16.1 tons. 



The 115 tons of sihige fed by us in the winter of 1888-89 carried fifty-six head of 

 cattle one hundred and twenty-three days. 



An average daily feed — with small-grain ration — of :?4 pounds equal 1 cubic foot 

 of silage. 



Of the 80 tons placed in silo No. 2, 10,347 pounds, e(iuals 6.47 per cent, spoiled.* 



Of the 80 tons placed in silo Xo. 2, 1,206 pounds, less than 1 jier cent, were rejected t 

 by the cattle. 



Of the 80 tons placed in silo No. 2, 7 per cent was lost by evaporation. 



The actual cost of cutting up the corn, hauling it 50 rods to the silo, and stowing 

 it therein, was 62 cents t per ton. 



Assuming that 1 acre of corn produces 24,000 pounds of silage, each animal con- 

 suming 34 pounds daily, and deducting 10 per cent for waste, we have it that 1 acre 

 of corn put in the form of silage will carry, with small-grain ration, three cattle during 

 one hundred and ninety-five days, with eighty days to spare. 



That best results will be had when silage is fed with hay or other dry fodder, we 

 have no doubt. 



Silage, of itself, is not a suflScieut food where much is expected of cattle. 



*This loss was chiefly caused by the yielding of the silo walls. 

 tDne almost wholly to overfeeding. 



tThis includes fuel for engine, but no charge is made for use of machinery. I have 

 no doubt that this expense might be greatly reduced. 



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