S. W. Johnson — Compo i 



It is seen from the above figures that the German meadow 

 hay and the German corn fodder are almost identical in com- 

 position. Clover' hay differs from them in containing some 

 four per cent more of albuminoid and four per cent less of 

 curl » .hydrates. Mr. Webb's maize fodder contains but one-half 

 as much albuminoids and fat as the German, while its cellulose 

 and carbohydrates are each four to five per cent more. This 

 difference between the two statements of maize fodder depends 

 simply on the fact that most of the German analyses were 

 made on less mature maize. Some of the German analyses 

 give but 0-9 per cent of albuminoids in fresh fodder, the same 

 result as in Mr. Webb's 1 (0-88). 



How greatly age influences the content of albuminoids in 

 forage plants is shown by the fact that meadow grass quite 

 young as it is found in pasturage contains in its dry matter 

 24 per cent of albuminoids, cut just before bloom 12 per cent, 

 and at end of blossoming but 8 per cent. In case of both 

 maize fodder and meadow grass the inferior quality of the 

 older vegetation is compensated by their superior quantity. 



Such maize fodder as Mr. Webb produces is valuable when 

 properly employed. Used as a substitute for meadow hay it 

 would be j.; ( ali l b l 



as an ingredient of a properly compounded ration it has a high 

 value. In New England, hay commands a high price in the 

 cities and large tow n^ md s thei for. idapted to sell off rather 

 than to consume on the New England farm. The farmer can 

 raise or buy Indian corn, cotton-seed meal, and other concen- 

 trated foods, and combine them with coarse Fodder to make a 

 cattle food equal or superior to the best of hay, at less cost 

 than is involved in feeding the latter. To throw cured maize 

 fodder out in the cattle yard or to feed it in the stall as hay is 

 fed, is likely to be highly wasteful. To attempt to sustain 

 cattle on it alone or to employ it as an adjunct to hay is also a 

 mistake. To use it profitably it must be finely cut and well 

 mixed or alternated with maize or < ran, or some 



i atonal which serves at once to ensure its large consump- 



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- contaiu too much albuminoids, I'at and 

 starch, for healthy and economical cattle food. Maize fodder 

 contains too little of these and too much coarse fiber. The 



