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the protein content of the silage. Where much rain falls in haying-time, 

 clover may be profitably put into the silo, but it gives better results if in a 

 mixture and preferably with corn. The millets, preserved alone or unmixed 

 in the silo, have not as yet proved a decided success. The common cereals, 

 wheat, oats, rye, and barley, are not readily preserved in the silo owing to 

 the hollow and dry character of the stems, and silage made from these crops 

 is liable to injury from dry mould, though tramping and wetting while the 

 silo is being filled lessens the liability to injury in this manner. The Cereals 

 can, however, usually be readily cured as hay when wanted in that form, 

 and there is generally less risk in so curing them. 



