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corn. We would need, then, to feed about three times as 

 many pounds of ensilage as of fodder corn to get the same 

 amount of nutrients. But ensilage has the additional value 

 of stimulating digestion and keeping the animal in a good 

 healthy condition. 



Ration Containing Ensilage. — The ration suggested on 

 page 193, for an 1,100-pound cow giving 15 pounds of 4 per 

 cent milk, as suggested,* consisted of 4 pounds of cornmeal, 

 1 pound of bran, 10 pounds of clover hay and 10 pounds 

 of fodder corn. This supplied approximately the nutrients 

 needed by the cow, which are 1.49 pounds of protein, 11.15 

 pounds of carbohydrates and .35 of a pound of fat. 



Ration Containing Ensilage, for 1,100 Pound Cow Giving 15 Pounds 

 of 4 per Cent Milk 



Pro. C. H. Fat 



Cornmeal 4 lbs. .276 2.760 .140 



Bran, wheat lib. .125 .416 .030 



Clover hay, red 10 lbs. .760 3.930 .180 



Corn silage 30 lbs. .330 4.500 .210 



Total nutrients 1.491 11.606 .560 



The aboTe ration furnishes approximately the nutri- 

 ents required. It differs from the ration given on page 193 

 only in containing thirty pounds of corn silage in place of 

 ten pounds of fodder corn. So far as nutrients are con- 

 cerned, there is very little difference; but a cow would give 

 better returns on this ration than on the former, owing 

 to the succulence added by the ensilage, which makes the 

 whole ration more palatable and more easily digested. 



Ration Containing Roots for 1,100 Pound Cow Giving 15 Pounds 

 of 4 per Cent Milk 



Pro. C. H. Fat 



Corn, dent 4 lbs. .300 2.770 .184 



Bran, wheat 1 lb. .125 .416 .030 



Clover hay, red 10 lbs. .760 3.930 .180 



Mangels 20 lbs. .160 1.280 .020 



Fodder corn 8 lbs. .240 3.784 .120 



Total nutrients 1.585 12.180 .534 



It will be seen that mangels do not provide so much 

 nutrient matter per pound as the ensilage, but are a little 

 more valuable as a means of furnishing succulence, as 

 they are sweet, while ensilage is more or less sour. 



