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The filling of the silo was carried on during the first and second day 

 of September, 1884 ; the mass was covered over with boards without 

 weights until the temperature in the mass ceased to increase. In a 

 few places, about eighteen inches below the surface of the mass, the 

 temperature rose to 122° F. or 50° C. ; whilst taking the entire silo 

 into consideration, 116° F. or 47° C, represents fairly the highest 

 average temperature attained in our case. The mass showed a 

 slight acid reaction of the second day after cutting the corn, and be- 

 fore putting on the final weight (60 pounds of sand per square foot, in 

 barrels, as in the preceding year). The silo was opened for the use 

 of its contents on the 20th of January, '85. The ensilage was found 

 covered wi^h a mouldy mass several inches in thickness. This being 

 removed, the remainder proved — although acid to customary re-, 

 agents — a fair article of its kind, and a decided improvement on the 

 ensilage of the first trial. This result is largely due to the fact of 

 using the corn of a more mature stage of growth. For the details 

 of the production of the ensilage, I have to refer to the report of the 

 Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture for 1884. 



264. WHOLE CORN ENSILAGE. 



From corn raised upon plats of Experiment Station. 



The silo was filled with whole corn, and covered at once, Septem- 

 ber 1, 1885, as descril)ed in detail in the last annual report of the Sta- 

 tion ; it was opened for feeding purposes on 23d of February, 1885. 

 The odor of fresh ensilage l-esembled that of the pineapple (Propionic 



