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Paige Sheep IV. gave higher results than did Old Sheep II., 

 probably due in part to the fact that the former left a portion 

 of the tougher and less digestible part. The present experiment 

 shows in a fairly satisfactory manner the digestibility of a va- 

 riety of dent corn that will mature in Massachusetts, and also 

 emphasizes the fact that a fodder containing a higher percent- 

 age of ears is noticeably more digestible than one containing 

 relatively fewer ears and a larger percentage of stalk. 



Learning Corn Fodder. — The fodder used was fed at the 

 same time and handled in the same manner as was the preceding 

 variety. The one-twentieth acre plot yielded at the rate of 25i/i> 

 tons per acre. The crop contained 31 per cent, of ears in 

 dry matter. The stalks are rather larger than the Pride of the 

 ISTorth, and in the average season the Teaming matures a little 

 later. 



Sumrnanj of Coefficients, Period II. {Per Cent.). 



