60 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



As the temperature remained practically at a standstill, 

 the filling in of more fresh-cut corn was resumed, and the 

 silo completely, yet loosely, filled September 8. A max- 

 imum registering thermometer was buried in the mass at a 

 depth of two feet from the surface, and light boards loosely 

 laid upon the top. 



Sept. 10, 8 A.M. Temperature at 6 inches depth, 122=', 123°, 1253 F. 



" 10,8 a.m. " " 12 " " 129=, 127^, - F. 



" 10, 4 P.M. . " "6 " " 118°, 130°, 131° F. 



" 10, 4 P.M. " " 12 " " 120°, 127°, 129° F. 



The mass had now settled eighteen inches. 



Sept. 11, 8 A.M. Temperature at 6 inches depth, 127°, 131°, 133° F. 



* 11, 8 A.M. '• " 12 " " 127°, 129°, 131° F. 



" 12, 8 A.M. " " 6 " " 125°, 131°, - F. 



" 12, 8 A.M. " " 12 " " 122°, 132°, - F. 



The mass had settled from twenty-four to thirty inches. 

 The temperature remained practically the same ; the mass 

 was covered carefully with tarred paper and tight-fitting 

 boards, in the same manner as in case of the first silo, and 

 subsequently pressed down with twenty-five barrels of sand, 

 September 12. This silo contained eight tons of green corn 

 fodder. 



The temperature observations above recorded were made in 

 diflferent parts of the silo ; they show that it is quite difficult 

 to secure a desirable uniform temperature within the mass 

 in all parts of the silo, at the same depth and at the same 

 time. 



A description of the quality of the ensilage from both 

 silos, with a record of highest temperatures attained in both 

 cases, after closing the silos, will be published hereafter in 

 the bulletins of the Station, as soon as the silos are opened 

 for use. 



It is proposed to compare, during the present winter 

 season, the feeding efiect and economy of a good corn ensi- 

 lage with that of a good root crop. 



