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working out, or at least putting in workable form, a 

 complete system of soiling that would prove practicable 

 to the average farmer. Some of the crops which he 

 advocated, while they possessed a high nutritive value, 

 were too costly, because of the price of seed and labour 

 involved in cultivation, to warrant their general use on 

 the farm. At the same time, he brought to the attention 

 of the agriculturist, and illustrated, the value of sum- 

 mer soiling and the variety of fodder crops which 

 could be used to advantage for such a purpose. 



HI. Feeding experiments with milch cows. 



A series of experiments, covering a period of five 

 years (1885-1889), were conducted to compare the 

 relative nutritive and economic values of such rough- 

 ages as English hay, corn stover, corn silage, sugar 

 beets, and carrots. The conclusions drawn were: 



(a) The nutritive value of corn stover on the basis of 

 dry organic matter compared well with an average 

 quality of English hay; the same may be said of good 

 corn silage fed in place of one-half the customary 

 amount of hay. 



(6) Carrots and sugar beets on the basis of dry 

 organic matter have exceeded in nutritive value a like 

 amount of silage when fed in place of one-half the 

 hay. 



(c) Corn silage and roots do best when fed in place 

 of one-fourth to one-half the full hay ration. About 

 25 pounds of roots daily, or from 35 to 40 pounds of 

 silage per day, with sufficient hay to satisfy the appe- 

 tite, are about the correct proportions of roughage. 



