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CHANGES IN ENSILAGE 



The composition of clover and rye grass, when cut and after being 

 for ninety days, is given by Wilson and Harper l as 



in the silo 

 follows : 



They calculate the following : 



Experiments were also made on the digestibility of the albumin- 

 oids of the fresh fodder and the silage, using " pepsin " and "pancrea- 

 tine ". The following table gives the results : 



Thus, though, the loss in albuminoids is very small, the diminution 

 in digestibility is serious. The authors suggest that silage should only 

 be made of fodder comparatively low in albuminoids and that clover 



Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind., 1891, 115. 



