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the crop, etc. For example, the depreciation of a fence estimated 

 to last ten years should be figured at 10 per cent, of its value. 



Table XV. Outline for Arriving at the Cost of Producing Silage. 



A few experiments illustrating the value of silage as a stock 

 food may be quoted. Prof. Henry fed two lots of steers on a silage 

 experiment. One lot of four steers was fed on corn silage ex- 

 clusively, and another similar lot corn silage with shelled corn. 

 The former lot gained 222 pounds in thirty-six days, and the lat- 

 ter lot 535 pounds, or a gain of 1.5 pounds per day per head for the 

 silage-fed steers, and 3.7 pounds per day for the silage and shelled- 

 corn-fed steers. Prof. Emery fed corn silage and cottonseed meal, 

 in the proportion of eight to one, to two three-year-old steers, at 

 the North Carolina Experiment Station. The gain made during 

 thirty-two days was, for one steer, 78 pounds, and for the other. 

 $5.5 pounds, or 2.56 pounds per head per day. 



