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Table of Chemical Composition of Corn Ensilage and other 

 Forage Crops. 



General Notes. 

 No. 1. Average of many analyses. 



2. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station tables. 



3. Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 2d report ; corn 



in tassel, cured after being badly frost bitten, Sept., 1883. 



4. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station tables. 



5. Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, bulletin No. 26 ; 



corn of Clark variety, grown on well-fed land ; cut Sept. 4, 

 1886 ; kernels glazed, yet soft. 



6. Massachusetts Agricultural Station, bulletin No. 26 ; best sam- 



ples ensilage recorded. Same corn as No. 5 ; cut short and 

 pit quickly filled and closed Sept. 4, 1886 ; opened Jan. 4, 

 1887. 



7. Massachusetts Agricultural Exjjeriment Station ; 3d rei^ort ; 



whole corn, kernels in the milk, pitted and covered at once, 

 Sept. 1, 1884; opened Feb. 23, 1885. 



8. Very poor quality. 



9. Average of a large number of analyses. 



Roots : Analyses taken from average of standard tables. 



When quickly filled and at once weighted, the highest 

 temperature of the contents of a silo, ordinarily ranging 

 from 95° to 120° F. in the case of corn, is reached between 



