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decided indorsement of ensilage for milch cows. His 

 opinion of the comparative value of corn and rye ensilage 

 arose, no doubt, from the too ripe condition of the rye 

 when stored. We shall see that the practical test of com- 

 parison, made on Mr. Havemeyer's herd, showed rye ensi- 

 lage much superior to green corn. Eye, when cut, just 

 before blossom, shows, on analysis, nearly 50 per cent, more 

 nutriment than green corn ready for the silo. 



We find the following account of Mr. Havemeyer's use 

 of ensilage in the American Cultivator : 



ENSILAGE IN NEW JERSEY. 



" While the adoption of the ensilage system has spread 

 enormously during the past year or two, it may be doubted 

 whether so valuable and exhaustive a test of its merits has 

 been made as at Mountainside Farm, New Jersey, the 

 property of Theodore A. Havemeyer, of New York City. 

 It was a bold measure, several years ago, to substitute 

 ensilage exclusively for hay in the feeding of one of the 

 finest and most valuable herds of Jersey cattle in the 

 world, a herd that would probably sell at auction for 

 upwards of $100,000, and where the income from the sale 

 of high-bred calves was of the first importance. It was 

 still bolder from the fact that in so doing the grain ration 

 of the cows was cut down to one-half that which had 

 previously been fed with hay, causing greater physical 

 dependence upon the new food. It was still bolder when, 

 having passed through the winter, the cattle were not- 

 turned upon pasture in the spring, thus giving a respite 

 from ensiloed food, as has been the custom elsewhere. 

 From October, 1881, until now, the entire herd, old and 

 young, were kept upon ensilage, without intermission, save 

 occasionally when, for a day or two, a change was made 

 for the sake of experiment. The result has been, that, 



