20 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The silo was opened for the use of its contents on the 

 20th of January, 1885. The ensilage was covered with a 

 mouldy mass, several inches in thickness. This being re- 

 moved, the remainder proved — although acid to customary 

 reagents — a fair article of its kind, and a decided improve- 

 ment on the ensilage of the first trial. This result is largely 

 due to the fact of using corn of a more matured stage of 

 growth. 



For the details of the production of the ensilage, I refer to 

 the Second Annual Report of Experiment Station (1884) ; 

 or Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture 

 for 1884. 



WHOLE-CORN ENSILAGE. 

 [From corn raised upon the Plats of the Experiment Station, 1884.] 



The silo was filled with whole corn and covered at once, 

 September 1, 1885, as described in detail in the last 

 (Second) Annual Report of the Station ; it was opened 

 for feeding purposes on the 23d of February, 1885. The 

 odor of the fresh ensilage resembled that of the pine apple 

 (propionic ether), and turned, within twenty-four hours of 

 exposure to the air, into that of vinegar ; it had a slight 



