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Feeds and Feeding. 



value of the pioteiu constituents of silage, a fact not borne out by 

 direct fcediug tests. (655) 



388. Digestibility of silage and fodder corn. — Tbe studies of the 

 chemists on this subject have been arranged by WoU' in the fol- 

 lowing table: 

 Average digestion coefficients for com tilage and green and cured fad- 



So far as this table shows, there is no appreciable difference in 

 the digestibility of corn silage and dry fodder corn, both being 

 somewhat less digestible than green fodder. 



389. Yield of mt\k per hundred pounds of dry matter. — At 

 several Stations feeding trials were so conducted that a compari- 

 son can be made of the yield of milk fiom the same quantity of 

 dry matter fed in silage and dry corn fodder respectively. 



Milk produced from dry matter in silage and dry fodder com — Vari- 

 ous Stations. 



Reviewing the table we observe that excepting the first and 

 second trials there were larger returns of milk, when feeding a 



A P.ook on Silage. 



