FARM CROPS OF CANADA IN 1901 33 



By Mr. Kidd: 



Q. Even if the animals feed on it, is there not a waste g^ing ofi in the air if the 

 corn stands out after November ? 



A. I do not think there is much actual waste of nutritive matter, but the stalks 

 become hard and •woody. 



Q. Do not the frosty nights have an effect on it, and docs that not take away 

 a great deal of the substance ( 



A. I do not think there would be much v.-aste from that cause. Changes go on 

 in the silo, which Mr. Shutt will explain to you, which are sometimes detrimental 

 and scjmetimes advantageous, but I do not think any material change takes place in 

 the corn shock, if it is kept dry. If the rain should com.e on, that might induce 

 changes in the foliage and thinner parts of the plant, which might hs detrimental, 

 but it is seldom there is much rain at that season in this part of the country. 



Bu Mr. ^y right: 



Q. Can ycai tell me any reason for this : During last year I had some corn and 

 I cut it, the Longfellow, and gave it to my cows in the field, to try to prevent the 

 expense of carrying it to the barn. When I gave it -to the cows in the field they ate 

 the cobs and softer parts and left the rest. If I put them into the stable and fed them 

 there, they relished fie whole of it. 



A. I suppose it would be about the same as with us, when we sit down to a meal 

 we eat the viands we like the best. 



Q. But in the pasture they would not eat any but the choicest parts ; they would 

 walk away and leave the rest lying there ? 



A. It may have been that they were fed mOre liberally in the field. 



By Mr. Clancy: 



Q. I am afraid Mr. Wright gave them too much. 

 A. There might have been something in that. 



By Mr. V:rhiht 



Q. They went from one pile to the other and only ate the ears. 



A. Tliey could not be expected to eat anything but the bes't if they had a choice. 



Q. But you understand I have no pasture, they have to eat that corn or go with- 

 out, and they went without until I carted it to the stable. If I put it in whole they eat 

 it all. 



A. If an opportunity occurred it might be worth while repeating this experiment. 

 But the corn should be carefully weighed in each case and I think it would be found 

 that if the same weight were fed in both instances and no other food given the results 

 would be much alike. 



Q. They had so small a quantity that it practically amounted to nothing. 



By Mr. Rohinson (Elgin) : 



Q. I don't think cows should be left to go so hungry that they want to eat up 

 everything. 



A. The six lieaviest yielding turnips, on the- experimental plots at Ottawa, gave 

 an average of 39 tons 1.640 pounds to the acre, and the six largest cropping mangels, 

 an average of 43 tons l,7i7 pounds per acre. These crops are plot crops.- The field 

 crops were not so large, but these will be reported on to ; you by the agriculturist, Mr. 



Grisdale. ■ 



In carrots the yield has been very good, and the best. six sorts have .given an average 

 of 39 tons 1,860 pounds per acre. The four heaviest yielding varieties of sugar .beets 



