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crosses also ate it, but less readily. It was liked by goats, and 

 especially by those of the An^^ora breed. The same was true 

 of the asses and the mules bred at the Halle Colleije. 



Silage should not be fed as an exclusive coarse feed to farm 

 animals, but always in connection with some dry roughage. 

 The nearer maturity ihe corn is when cut for the silo, the 

 more silage may safely be fed, but it is always well to avoid 

 feeding it excessively. 



The silo should always be emptied from the top in horizontal 

 layers, and the surface kept level, so as to expose as little of 

 the silage as possible to the air. It should be fed out sulli- 

 ciently rapidly to avoid spoiling of the silage; inordinary 

 northern winter weather a couple of inch layer should be fed 

 off daily. 



Silage is par excellence a cow feed. Since the introduction 

 of the silo in this country, the dairymen, more than any other 

 class of farmers, have been among the most enthusiastic siioists, 

 and up to the present time we find a larger number of silos in 

 dairy districts than in any other regions where animal hus- 

 bandry is a prominent industry. As with other farm animals, 

 cows fed silage should receive other roughage in the shape of 

 cornstalks, hay, etc., The quantities of silage fed should not 

 exceed forty or, at the outside, fifty pounds per day per head. 



CARE OF THE MILK. 



Next after milking is the care of the milk. The shallow 

 pans for setting milk have become a thing of the past, and 

 there we leave the old tin pans and speak of the deep setting 

 creamery submerged in ice cold water for 12 hours; then 

 drawing off the skimmed milk, leaving the cream to be put in 

 its proper vessel for ripening for the churn, and what a saving 



