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Feeds and Feeding. 



dry matter need not exceed 10 per ct. for corn silage and 18 per ct. 

 for red clover silage. The chemist's conclusions are that consider- 

 able of the protein in ensiled fodder is changed to amids, (5) and 

 some of the starch and sugar is destroyed, while the fiber is not 

 diminished; thus the losses fall on the best portions of the ensiled 

 material. Numerous trials at the stations show practically no differ- 

 ence between the digestibility of corn silage and dry corn fodder, 

 while both are somewhat less digestible than the green forage. 



The following table summarizes the comparative losses in pre- 

 serving corn forage by ensiling and field-curing as reported by 4 

 stations : 



♦Average of 3 years. 



The table shows that in 10 trials at 4 stations more dry matter and 

 crude protein were lost by drying corn forage in shocks than by en- 

 siling. 



349. Milk per 100 lbs. of dry matter. — From feeding trials with 

 dairy cows at several stations, the following data are taken, showing 

 the yield of milk from 100 lbs. of dry matter fed in silage and in 

 corn fodder : 



Milk produced from 100 lbs. of dry matter in silage and dry fodder corn. 



