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The corn was cut September 1, 1885, when the kernels 

 were in the milk. The green fodder contained 21.9 per 

 cent, of dry vegetable matter, and had the appearance of a 

 somewhat prematurely ripened crop, — a circumstance con- 

 firmed by the results of the analysis, which shows a smaller 

 amount of saccharine and starchy constituents than com- 

 monly noticed in this variety of corn (Clark) at the stated 

 stage of growth. 



ENSILAGE OF CUT CORN. 



[From corn raised upon Plats of the Experiment Station, 



1884.] 



The filling of the silo was carried on during the first and 

 second days of September, 1884; the mass was covered 

 over with boards without weights until the temperature in 

 the mass ceased to increase. In a few places, about 

 eighteen inches below the surface of the mass, the tem- 

 perature rose to 122° F. or 50° C. ; whilst taking the entire 

 silo into consideration, 116° F., or 47° C, represents fairly 

 the highest average temperature attained in our case. The 

 mass showed a slight acid reaction on the second day after 

 cutting the corn, and before putting on the final weight 

 (sixty pounds of sand per square foot, in barrels, as in the 

 preceding year) . 



