Value of Various Feeding Stu/fs for Su'ine. 551 



904. Silage. — May of the Kentucky Station^ found that hogs re- 

 ceiving shelled corn and corn-and-soybean silage made larger gains 

 than those fed shelled corn alone, 100 lbs. of silage equaling 22 lbs. 

 of corn in feeding value. The pigs first picked out the grain in 

 the silage and then chewed the remainder, tho swallowing but 

 little of it. At the Ottawa Experimental Farms^ clover and alfalfa 

 silage invariably proved useful, and corn silage was fairly well 

 eaten. The addition of some dry meal to the silage caused it to be 

 eaten quite readily. Clover, alfalfa, or other legume hay should gen- 

 erally prove more satisfactory than silage of any kind. Silage from 

 the corn plant is both too woody and too low in digestible matter to 

 serve with any satisfaction as a feed for swine that are being prop- 

 erly maintained. If shotes and breeding stock live on a limited 

 allowance of rich concentrates alone, they will suffer for lack of 

 proper bulk in the ration. For such pigs, silage, and even corn 

 silage, will be helpful in distending the digestive tract. 



* Bui. 101, = Bui. 51. 



