AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



53 



Composition and digestibility of the ensilage from the three 

 varieties of corn. Each variety of fodder corn used in this experi- 

 ment was cut and packed in the silo separately. The green fodder 

 was hauled to the barn as soon as cut and immediately chopped 

 and packed. The fodder cutter used was the Lion Fodder Cutter, 

 No. 2, manufactured by Hank & Comstock, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 

 which not only cuts the fodder to any desired length, but also 

 crushes the coarse pieces of stalk. 



The silo was not opened until late in February, and the contents 

 were found to be in good condition, save the usual layer of poor 

 material at the surface. The ensilage was of fair quality, and 

 was certainly greedily eaten, especially by the cows. 



While each kind of ensilage was being eaten, samples were 

 selected daily during two weeks for use in digestion experiments 

 with sheep, as well as for analysis. It is not claimed that the 

 analyses fairly represent the entire contents of the silo, but only 

 that part used in the digestion experiments, which, however, could 

 not be greatly different from the whole mass of material. The 

 analyses of the ensilage follow : 



Composition of Ensilage. 







In lOu parts fresh ensilage. 



In 100 parts water-free 

 substance. 













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Southern corn ensilage 



S2.22'l7.78 



1.05 



1.82 5.70 



8.70 



1)..51 



5.94 



10.22 



32.05 



48.93 



2.86 



XCIV 



Pield corn ensilage.... 



83.0816.9210.86:2.004.34 



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0.99 



5.08 



11.81 



25.65 



51 .63 



5. S3 



xcv. 



Sweet corn ensilage... 



83 4916.5ll0.87ll.974.07 



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1.00 



5.26 



11.94 



24.63 



.52.10 



6.07 



The farther data necessary to the calculation of the digestibility 

 are given below. The experiments furnishing this data were 

 continued for twelve days, the feces being collected during the last 

 five : 



2-C 



