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The millet silage and the corn silage, so far as the above 

 figures are concerned, show no great analytical differences. 

 It must not be forgotten, however, that the non-nitrogenous 

 extract matter of the corn contains a considerable amount of 

 starch, which fails in the millet. The mixtures made from 

 millet and corn, with soy beans, were not perfect. The 

 object was to add one-third beans and two-thirds corn in 

 putting the materials into the silo, but this was done only 

 by loads of material and not by actual weight. The analyt- 

 ical results on the basis of dry matter are about what might 

 be expected ; namely, an increase in the protein percentage 

 and a decrease in the extract matter in each case, when com- 

 pared with millet or corn silage. One notes, however, more 

 extract matter in the corn and bean than in the millet and 

 bean silage. The protein and ash are higher in the millet 

 and bean than in the corn and bean silage. This condition 

 is satisfactorily explained on the ground that the millet and 

 bean, being cut at an earlier stage than the corn and bean, 

 would naturally contain relatively more ash and protein and 

 less extract matter. 



The Digestibility of Millet. 

 The following figures represent the digestibility of the 

 different ingredients of millet, and were obtained by the use 

 of sheep at this station. The numbers mean that, of the 

 total amount of ash, protein, etc., contained in the millet, 

 such and such amounts or percentages were digested. Thus, 

 if green millet contains 6.91 per cent, of fibre, 73 per cent, 

 of it is digestible, or 0.91x73=^5.04 per cent. 



