56 CHARLES ANTHONY GOESSMANN 



with the sum of its non-nitrogenous digestible organic 

 constituents, fat included. 



Then follows a detailed report of the analyses of 

 eleven varieties of corn, including analyses of different 

 parts of the corn plant. From these analyses and from 

 a knowledge of the conditions under which the differ- 

 ent samples were grown, he concludes that the differ- 

 ence hi feeding value of the different samples is due as 

 much to the method of cultivation as to difference of 

 variety. The analyses indicate that the feeding value 

 of corn-cobs is equal to that of some grasses, and is 

 greater where the final processes of growth are stopped 

 by the weather. They are especially valuable ground 

 with the corn kernel. 



The paper ends with a brief description of the 

 method of making and feeding ensilage, together with 

 the analyses of several samples of corn at the time of 

 putting into the silo and after fermentation. 



IV. THE SYSTEM OF PRESEEVING GREEN FOOD IN SILOS 



(Agriculture of Massachusetts, 1880.) This paper 

 calls attention first to the fact that opposite views of 

 the value of the silo system are held, and explains this 

 as due to a misapprehension regarding the composition 

 and feeding value of the ensilage as compared with the 

 original green crop, and to a different basis for the 

 estimation of the economic points involved. 



Goessmann then takes up the use of the silo system 

 in Europe. A general description of the method of 

 preserving green feeds in silos and the kinds of feeds 

 for which this treatment is recommended follows. The 



