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COMPOSITION OF LEAMING CORN FROM DIFFERENT QUANTITIES 



OF SEED. 



The quality of fodder from the two-bushel rows is much in- 

 ferior to either of the others in composition, lacking especially 

 in the protein and containing an increased proportion of fiber. 

 The quality of the fodder from the bushel-rows was a little 

 inferior to that of tiie half-bushel rows, but the yield of fodder 

 was nearly 50 per cent, more, giving an increase in both pro- 

 tein and carbohydrates for the total crop.* 



CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OF CORN FODDER WHILE IN 



THE SILO. 



This subject has occupied our attention for several succes- 

 sive seasons, and has required the analysis of samples of green 

 fodder as it was put into the silo and of silage as taken out. 



Samples were taken in connection with the electrical tem- 

 perature measurements made by Dr. Lamson, partially re- 

 ported in Bulletin 79. The samples of fodder and of silage 

 were from the immediate vicinity of the various electrodes, 

 thus insuring that both green fodder and silage represented 

 the same lot of corn. 



These comparisons were made in two successive years, with 

 the following average results for each year : 



♦See, also, Me. Expt. Sta. Repts., 1894, '95, and '96. Kansas Expt. Sta., Bull. 

 45. Minnesota Expt. Sta., Bull. 50. 



