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CORN ENSILAGE. 



Good corn ensilage is fairly high in feeding value, and this, 

 combined with its advantages over other succulent feeds in the 

 matter of cheap production and labour-saving in using, has rapidly 

 brought it to the top of the list of Canadian forages. At relatively 

 low cost, a large amount of corn can be produced, stored up in the 

 silo in the fall, and (used any time during the winter or even in 

 summer in place of soiling crops (see Dominion Experimental Farm 

 Bulletin No. 65, for instructions how to grow). When cut fine 

 there is practically no waste, and owing to its succulence or juiciness 

 it is eaten freely. It may constitute the principal part of the 

 ration of any class of horned cattle and for dairy cows is easily the 

 cheapest and most convenient forage material possible of pro- 

 duction over a very large part of Canada. It may be fed in large 

 quantities without fear of any injurious effects, save in the case 

 of very young calves or hard-working stock bulls. It should, 

 generally speaking, have intermixed with it, 12 to 36 hours before 

 feeding, from 10 to 15 per cent cut straw or chaff, oat chaff preferably. 



RAPE, 



Because of its watery nature, rape cannot be used for ensilage 

 with any great advantage. It will keep satisfactorily and is very 

 palatable but can be used for dry cattle only, as it makes a very 

 highly-flavoured and exceedingly odorous brand of ensilage. 



HORSE BEANS. 



The horse bean is a very valuable feed where it can be properly 

 grown. In the dairying districts of Great Britain it is one of the 

 staple feeds. It has, however, not been grown very successfully in 

 Canada, except in a few places, and there it is highly prized. 



SORGHUM. 



Sorghum as silage gives only fair satisfaction. It is inferior 

 to corn in feeding value, containing less protein and more carbo- 

 hydrates (sugar). This excess of sugar, when fermenting, develops 

 more acetic acid than does corn and causes the silage to become 

 injurious to the health of animals if fed in large quantities. Corn 

 and sorghum may be mixed with good results. 



