18 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



])r()(lucti()n of ensilage or of stover. In case of ensilage, 

 the corn was cut in both cases when the kernels began to 

 glaze ; the whole plant was reduced to })icces from one to 

 one and one-half inches in length, before being filled into the 

 silo. The latter was filled as rapidly as the supply of mate- 

 rial admitted. Both silos were covered in the same way 

 (see previous report). They were of the same size and 

 contained about the same quantity of cut ensilage corn 

 (whole i)lant). 



The corn stover was obtained in both instances from the 

 matured crops, which were cut about ten days later than for 

 ensilage. The ears were separated from the stalks and 

 the latter carefully field-cured, and sul^sequently cut in a 

 similar way as the ensilage for the silo, before being fed. 

 The stover from sweet corn retained under otherwise corre- 

 sponding circumstances more moisture than that from the 

 dent corn ; it was for this reason more liable to mould than 

 the former. The ensilage from sweet corn was, however, 

 fully equal in color and flavor to that from the dent corn. 

 Both were highly relished by the animals on trial. 



The chemical composition of the several coarse fodder 

 articles used in our experiment is stated in the following 

 tabular record : — 



Analyses of Coarse Fodder Articles used. 



Stowell's Evergreen. 



t Pride of the North, 



