114 H. R. STEVENS ON ENSILAGE. 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 



CORRESPONDENCE FROM 



IPIROIFIESSOIR, 0". IMI. 



KNOXVILLE, TENN., FEB. 12, 1881 



DEAR SIR. 



I send you the results of my first month's experiments in feeding. 

 I regret those with the milch cows are not yet determined. I think 

 the results speak well for the new food. 



The first set (I.) will be continued this month, and I think with 

 better results, as all the loss occurred in the first part, during the 

 change from dry to green food. Notwithstanding the loss of weight, 

 the animals are sleek and healthy looking, and with hearty appetites. 

 This month I am allowing them as much as they w r ill eat of 

 ensilage. 



Sets 4 and 5 were not only designed to test the relative values of 

 hay (good timothy and clover mixed) and ensilage, but also those 

 of corn, cotton seed, and rice-corn meal. This rice, or Egyptian 

 corn, is the cereal attracting so much attention in Kansas. It is 

 really the Dhoura, a variety of Sorghum vulgare. The animal fed 

 on it in Set 4, No. 2, gave the best results of any in the set ; No. 

 10, in Set 5, the worst in its set (5). 



All kinds of stock are exceedingly fond of it ; and I have no hesi- 

 tation, not only from these experiments, but from my general expe- 

 rience with it, in pronouncing it fully equal in feeding value to 

 Indian corn. 



