1886.] 



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acid reaction when first exposed. The color was yellowish 

 green, indicating a good state of preservation ; the interior 

 parts of the uncrushed stems showed the presence of sac- 

 charine constituents (glucose) ; and the kernels in the ear 

 contained still an abudance of starch. 



The ensilage obtained from whole plants — at once closed 

 up — was in a better state of preservation than that which 

 had been obtained from the same quality of corn previously 

 cut into pieces of from 11 to l^ inches in length, and tested 

 for the production of ensilage as described in the previous 

 statement. 



The mechanical condition of the whole corn ensilage is 

 less satisfactory for feeding purposes, as far as an economi- 

 cal consumption of the same weight of both are concerned, 

 than that produced from corn previously cut into pieces of 

 from 1^ to 1| inches in length. 



CORN MEAL. 



[Bought of John L. Holley, South Amherst, Mass.] 



The article represents the average composition of the corn 

 meal fed during the experiment with milch cows. 



