CATTLE SOILING AND ENSILAGE. 831 



"The experiment began January 7, 1882, and continued to 

 January 30th, when hay was substituted for ensilage with lot 

 one, and lot two were fed ensilage in place of hay, the other 

 part of the ration remaining the same. After this change the 

 experiment continued twenty-two days longer. It will be seen 

 that two ate ensilage while three were eating hay, in the first 

 trial, and in the second, three were eating ensilage and two hay. 

 The equivalent would be, five calves twenty-two days on ensil- 

 age, and five twenty-two days on hay. During the first trial 

 of twenty-two days, lot one ate 995 i pounds of ensilage, and 

 gained 74 pounds. The same time lot two ate 266 pounds of 

 hay, and gained 92 pounds. During the second trial of twenty- 

 two days, lot one ate 333 pounds of hay and gained 112 pounds. 

 Lot two ate 1,355 \ pounds of ensilage and gained 148 pounds. 



"A summary of the two trials would give us the following: 



IST ENSILAGE. 



Total amount eaten in the two trials, . . 2,351 Ibs. 



Total gain iu the two trials, 222 " 



Pounds of ensilage to one of gain, . . . lOA" 



2D HAY. 



Total amount eaten in the two trials, . . . 599 Ibs. 



Total gain in the two trials 204 " 



Pounds of hay eaten to one of gain, . . . 2iV 



" From this it appears that one pound of the hay was equal 

 to three and six-tenths pounds of ensilage. The appearance of 

 both lots of calves at the close of the experiment was excel- 

 lent, and the impression gained, aside from the test of the 

 scales, was very favorable to ensilage all the way through the 

 experiment. That calves will eat it with avidity, and thrive, 

 when properly fed, is beyond all question." 



These experiments were conducted in- all fairness, not to 

 bolster up a theory, but to ascertain the value of ensilage. 

 They seem to show conclusively that a given weight of green 

 food ensilaged is worth more than the same amount dried, but 

 do not show so great an increase in value as has been claimed 

 by some advocates of the system. There are doubtless both 

 advantages and disadvantages connected with it. Among the 



