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matter. Corn meal as found upon the market contains on 

 an average 14 per cent, of water, or 1,720 pounds of dry 

 matter to the ton ; while hominy shows 9 per cent, of water, 

 or 1,820 pounds of dry matter to the ton. Applying the 

 digestion coefficients for dry matter obtained in both cases, 

 hominy would yield 1,456 pounds and corn meal 1,531 to 

 the ton, and would show the corn meal to be about 5 per 

 cent, more valuable than the hominy. It is proposed to 

 repeat the digestion test with still another sample, and also 

 to compare the two feeds with milch cows. The fact must 

 not be overlooked that different samples of both grains, 

 more particularly the hominy, are likely to vary somewhat 

 in nutritive value, hence too positive conclusions should not 

 be drawn. On the basis of our present knowledge, it may 

 be said that both feeds have similar nutritive values. 



Eureka Silage Corn Fodder. — This was a cured sample of 

 the variety previously described. In composition it differed 

 somewhat from the green sample, b}^ containing more ash, 

 noticeably more fiber and less extract matter. Whether 

 this change was the result of sampling, or whether it was 

 brought about by the curing process, it is difficult to say. 

 In case of the green corn, small lots were cut every two or 

 three days during the experiment, each lot being carefully 

 sampled and moisture determinations made immediately. 

 At the end of the trial equal weights of each sample were 

 mixed, and this mixture held to represent the corn fed 

 during the entire experiment. To secure as fair a sample 

 as possible of the material to be cured, a considerable quan- 

 tity was cut about the middle of the digestion trial with the 

 green corn, and placed in stooks in the field. The stooks 

 were removed to the barn before snow came. In spite of 

 the care taken, differences in the composition of the two lots 

 would be likely to occur. At the time of feeding the cured 

 material, in early March, it still contained GO per cent, of 

 water. It was finely cut before feeding, and, though some- 

 what mouldy on the outside, proved to be in fairly good 

 condition. Because of the unexpected large water content, 

 the sheep did not receive a sufficient amount daily, — 1,200 

 grams, — although the results show that they suffered no 



