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on work and driving horses as an occasional feed of 

 carrots or other roots, and Rew informs us that there 

 is a demand for silage in London and other English 

 cities, especially for omnibus, cab, and tram horses. Ac- 

 cording to the testimony of Mr. H. J. Elwes, the cart 

 horses fed silage "looked in better condition and brighter 

 in their coats than usual at this time of the year." 



From experiments conducted at Virginia Station, Prof. 

 Nourse concluded that "it would appear that silage 

 would make a good roughage for horses, when used in 

 connection with hay or stover or grain, but that these 

 animals should become accustomed to the food by de- 

 grees, and that this is as important as when changing 

 from old to new corn, or from hay to grass." 



What has been said about silage as a food for horses 

 will most likely apply equally well to mules, although 

 only very limited experience has so far been gained with 

 silage for this class of farm animals. 



Silage for Sheep. 



Silage is looked upon with great favor among sheep 

 men, says Prof. Woll in his Book on Silage; sheep do 

 well on it, and silage-fed ewes drop their lambs in the 

 spring without trouble, the lambs being strong and vigor- 

 ous. Silage containing a good deal of corn is not well 

 adapted for breeding stock, as it is too fattening; for 

 fattening stock, on the other hand, much corn in the 

 silage is an advantage. Sheep may be fed a couple of 

 pounds of silage a day and not to exceed five or six pounds 

 per head. Prof. Cook reports as follows in regard to the 

 value of silage for sheep: "I have fed ensilage liberally 

 to sheep for three winters and am remarkably pleased 

 with the results. I make ensilage half the daily ration, 

 the other half being corn stalks or timothy hay, with 

 bran or oats. The sheep do exceedingly well. Formerly 

 I was much troubled to raise lambs from grade Merino 

 ewes. Of late this trouble has almost ceased. . Last 

 spring I hardly lost a lamb. While ensilage may not be 



