UTILIZATION OF THE BY-PRODUCT 



meal made up the ration. Hay was fed 

 once only every second day; on this basis, 

 the product from one acre furnished six 

 days' fodder for 25 cows. 



"The expense of storing 61 tons of this 

 fodder could have been reduced possibly, 

 for on the average 10 tons daily were 

 handled by four men and two boys at the 

 cutter and silo, with two laborers in the 

 field and one driver. Of this outlay the 

 field hands, the driver and one stacker 

 would have been required in the ordinary 

 work of fodder curing. The silage, there- 

 fore, entailed an additional expense of an 

 engineer, two men and two boys; $4:6 for 

 61 tons, or approximately 75 cents a ton. 



''It has been stated that each cow con- 

 sumed 40 pounds of silage. This contains 

 0.84 pounds protein, 8.70 pounds carbo- 

 hydrates and fiber and 0.16 pounds oil. 



"To replace this, 12 pounds at least of 

 timothy hay would have been necessary. 

 Roughly calculated, therefore, 61 tons of 

 this silage equal 18f tons of timothy hay. 

 The farmer could have sold the hay w^hich 



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