New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 641 



Diirin;,' tlie mouth of November the ration was the same as that 

 fed during the latter half of October. 



In December there was fed a grain mixture containing two 

 parts of wheat bran, and one part each of ground oats, corn meal, 

 and old process linseed meal. Clover hay was fed at night, 

 sugar beets in the morning and corn silage at noon for the first 

 half of the month. During the latter half of the month corn 

 silage took the place of the beets. 



As supplementary to a bulletin containing the results of some 

 feeding trials with corn silage, the data from which have been 

 given in the preceding annual report, a bulletin of general infor 

 mation upon silos and silage was prepared. 



TI. SILAGE AND SILOS.* 

 Summary. 



The silo affords a most economical means of assuring succulent 

 food in winter and eflScient and palatable food to supplement or 

 supplant the dry pastures of summer. 



Maize, or Indian corn, is probably the most valuable plant for 

 ensiling. 



As a succulent food for milch cows corn silage is cheaper and 

 generally more efficient than roots. 



Ooirn silage has proved equal in feeding value to the best dried 

 corn fodder. 



The largest growing variety of corn that is reasonably sure 

 to ripen before froist is the best one to grow for silage. 



Corn should be put in the silo after the grain is glazed, before 

 there is much drying of the leaves or stalk. Clover should be cut 

 when in bloom. 



The essential jyoints iu building a silo are: 



To have the walls tight enough to exclude air from the 

 contents. 



To have the walls not only strong, but rigid. 



To have sufficient depth — thirty feet or more, if possible. 



'Published jilso its liuUerin No. 102. 

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