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heavy and constantly increasing amounts of meal, never 

 became gorged. From the beginning to the end of the 

 Series their appetites were hearty and vigorous, their 

 bowels open but not too loose, their digestion good. One 

 word as to the cost of the rations. The price of meal 

 and hay, of course, varies in different localities. The 

 corn ensilage, from the planting to the final weighing 

 down in silos, cost us one dollar and fifty cents per ton, 

 or seven and a half cents per hundred- weight. This esti- 

 mate includes the price paid for fertilizers, interest on 

 land, etc. 



[The experiments given above are worthy of the careful 

 consideration of all who are interested in the subject of 

 ensilage, and, with the explanations given of them, these 

 tables convey the story in a most compact form. Tables 

 with figures repel many persons, but there is no other 

 method by which facts like these can be presented so 

 compactly. The foregoing article, with the tables, is 

 from the "American Agriculturist" for August, 1881. 

 ED.] 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON ENSILAGE. 



The following items, of interest to those who are in- 

 vestigating the subject of ensilage, not properly belonging 

 to either of the preceding chapters, are here brought to- 

 gether in a supplement. 



INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF A SILO. 



Cut fodder corn finally settles in the silo to two-thirds 

 or one-half its original bulk. If a silo be filled and 



