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Feeds and Feeding. 



net of an acre in each case was supplied. The results of the trial are 

 thus summarized by Linfield: 



Returns from 1 acre of 



Soilage Pasturage 



(Av. 3 yrs.) (Av. 4 yrs.) 



Two cows were kept, days 108 102 



They produced in milk, Ibs. 3,055 4,447 



They produced in butter fat, Ibs 142.9 189.8 



They gained or lost in weight, Ibs _ +105 -66 



It is shown that with irrigation under Utah conditions pasturage 

 was more economical than soilage. 



IV. THE VARIOUS DRY ROUGHAGES. 



664. Cured fodder corn v. timothy hay. At the Pennsylvania Sta- 

 tion 1 Hunt and Caldwell fed cured fodder corn (corn grown for the 

 forage) against timothy hay to 2 lots, each of 4 cows, for 45 days, 

 with the results shown in the table: 



Fodder corn compared with timothy hay. 



The cows fed hay gained in weight, while those on fodder corn 

 lost. Taking all the facts into consideration, the fodder corn proved 

 almost as valuable as the same weight of timothy hay. Two tons of 

 timothy hay per acre is a good return, while the yield of fodder corn 

 used in this trial was nearly 4.5 tons per acre, or over twice that of 

 the timothy hay. The high value of fodder corn for the dairy cow 

 is thus apparent. (217, 224) 



665. Corn stover v. mixed and clover hay. At the Wisconsin Sta- 

 tion 2 the author compared corn stover (husked shocked corn forage) 

 with hay for dairy cows under the following conditions: 



A crop of yellow dent corn yielding 4,490 Ibs. of cured stalks and 

 4,941 Ibs. of ear corn per acre was cut and shocked in the usual man- 

 ner. After drying, the corn was husked and the stalks reserved for 



1 Ept. 1892. 



Ept. 1884. 



