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given quantity of dry matter in the form of silage, than from the 

 same amount of dry matter in the dry fodder. The average for 

 the eight trials is about four per cent, more milk from the dry 

 matter in the form of silage. 



390. Feeding tests with silage and fodder corn. Feeding tests 

 with silage and fodder corn made at the Vermont 1 and Wiscon- 

 sin 2 Stations were conducted as follows: In each case two rows 

 of corn across the field were cut and placed in shocks, while the 

 next two rows were run through the feed- cutter and placed in the 

 silo. By thus alternating until the silo was filled, equal -quanti- 

 ties of material of the same composition were obtained. The 

 dried fodder so produced was run through the feed- cutter and fed 

 in opposition to the silage to dairy cows, with equal quantities of 

 hay and grain. 



The results at the Yermont Station were as follows: 



14,262 pounds green fodder corn when dried, fed with a uniform daily 

 allowance of hay and grain, produced 7,688 pounds of milk. 



14,262 pounds of green fodder corn converted into silage, and fed with 

 the same daily ration of hay and grain, produced 8,525 pounds of milk. 



At the Wisconsin Station the results were: 



From 29,800 pounds of green fodder were obtained 24,440 pounds of 

 silage, which, fed with 1,648 pounds of hay and 2,884 pounds of grain, 

 produced 7,496 pounds of milk, containing 340.4 pounds of fat. 



From 29,800 pounds of green fodder were obtained 7,330 pounds of field- 

 cured fodder corn, which, fed with 1,567 pounds of hay and 2,743 pounds 

 of grain, produced 7,119 pounds of milk, containing 318.2 pounds of fat. 



At the Vermont Station the silage ration produced 837 pounds 

 or 11 per cent, more milk than was obtained from the dry fodder 

 ration. 



At the Wisconsin Station the silage ration yielded 377 pounds 

 more milk and 22 pounds more fat a difference in favor of 

 silage of 5 per cent, in milk and 6 per cent, in fat. 



391. Relative merits of silage and dry fodder corn. We have 

 seen that the losses of nutrients in the two methods of curing are 

 about equal. We have further learned that the digestibility of 



1 Kept, 1891. 



2 Kept. 1891. 



