36 THE BOOK OF ENSILAGE. 



worth of shorts, and less than 50 pounds of hay daily. 

 I cannot make the cost of corn Ensilage to be more than 

 one mill per pound, or $2 per ton. 



It will, therefore, be seen that the expense of keeping 

 35 horned animals and 100 sheep at " Winning Farm" 

 is as follows : 



1,350 pounds of Ensilage (a) $.001 .' ' ? - ; . ;i 

 90 pounds of shorts . ^. - . " . : ; 

 50 pounds of hay (a) $15 per ton . ' v . 



Total cost per day ...... $2.52^ 



The cost of keeping the above stock upon hay and 

 grain would be as follows : 



20 pounds of hay to each animal (ten yearlings count- 

 ed as five cows), making 30 head, would require daily as 

 follows : 



600 pounds of hay for cattle, at $15 per ton . . . $4 50 



200 pounds of hay for 100 sheep . . . . . . i 50 



1 20 pounds of shorts for cattle, at $18 per ton . . . i 08 



40 pounds of shorts for sheep ...... 36 



Total cost of keeping 30 cattle and 100 sheep per day on hay 



and grain . . . . . . . . $7 44 



Cost of keeping the above on Ensilage as above . . . 252^ 



Daily balance in favor of Ensilage $4 91^ 



From my experience in feeding so far, I consider Ensi- 

 lage to be worth one-half as much as the best timothy 

 hay. I would not, however, exchange Ensilage for hay 

 and give two tons for one. I believe that 40 to 75 tons 

 of corn-fodder can easily be raised upon an acre, which 

 if properly Ensilaged will be equal to from 20 to 370 tons 

 of hay. To receive the fullest benefit, however, I think 

 there should be some nitrogenous food, such as oats, 

 shorts, pea or bean meal, oil meal or animal meal, fed 

 with the Ensilage. 



