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the same value as English hay. 1 Corn fodder produced slightly less milk, 

 and of a slightly poorer quality than hay. 2 



SILAGE FROM FROSTED CORN gave slightly poorer results than from 

 unf rested corn. 3 



SILAGE AND HAY. The Maine Experiment Station Reports upon an 

 experiment to determine the comparative value of good hay and corn 

 silage. The estimates were made upon the basis of the digestible matter 

 of each. For two months corn silage partly took the place of good hay, 

 but it had the effect of only slightly changing the quality. The percent- 

 age of fat remained the same, but there was a small increase in quality. 

 Whitcher made a similar experiment, using timothy grass, but in this case 

 the silage showed decided advantages. 



CORN AND CLOVER SILAGE. The Vermont Experiment Station com- 

 pared corn silage with clover silage, with the result that all ten of the cows 

 gave a better quality of milk on corn than on clover silage. The butter 

 fat was 35 per cent, higher, or 8 per cent, better in the milk during the corn 

 silage feeding period. 



SILAGE. Change from dry feed to silage resulted in slight increase in 

 both quantity and quality. 4 Silage produced less milk than hay, the quality 

 being the same. 5 Silage feeding favored mijk and butter production, while 

 timothy hay favored fat production. 6 Silage produces a softer butter than 

 hay. 7 At the Maine Station silage was slightly 'better than hay for milk 

 production. 8 



SOY BEANS were better than the vetch or oats in five out of six cases. 9 



HUNGARIAN HAY gave poorer returns than 'silage. 10 



PRAIRIE HAY is equal to timothy hay. 11 



BERMUDA HAY and timothy hay are equal. 12 The cows were given 

 a preliminary ration of 1 :6 and changes made in the hay. 



CLOVER HAY caused an increase or prevented the natural decrease at 



1 Report Massachusetts Agr. Experiment Station, 1888. 



2 Report Vermont Agr. Experiment Station, 1890, J. L. Hills. 



3 Report Vermont Agr. Experiment Station, 1889, J. L. Hills. 



4 Bulletin No. 9, New Hampshire Agr. Experiment Station, G. H. 



Whitcher. 



5 Report Vermont Experiment Station, 1890. J. L. Hills. 



- 6 Bulletin 4, Minnesota Agr. Experiment Station. Edward D. Porter. 



7 Bulletin 13, New Hampshire Experiment Station, A. H. Wood and 



C. L. Parsons. 



8 Report of Maine Agr. Experiment Station, 1889. 



9 Report of Maine Agr. Exp. Station, 1890. 



10 Report Vermont Exp. Station, 1889, J. L. Hills. 



11 Bulletin 30, Minnesota Agr. Exp. Station, T. L. Haecker. 



12 Bulletin 21, Mississippi Agr. Exp. Station, E. R.. Lloyd. 



