CHAP. 

 XV. 



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MAIZE 



feed-cutter and not too liberally supplied, only a small part of 

 the stalk will be wasted. Henry (i) points out, however, that 

 in some parts of the United States, especially in the South, 

 the maize stalks are coarse and inert and not much relished by 

 cows ; it is said to be so, also, in the warmer parts of South 

 Africa. But he adds that the same maize stalks are relished 

 when preserved in the form of sila«e. 



PlG. 235. — Shredding stover in the United States. 



The Wisconsin Station {Rep. 1884) tested uncut maize 

 stover for dairy cows, as compared with mixed hay and clover; 

 the results were practically equal ; but it was found that three 

 tons of maize stover, as fed in this experiment, were worth 

 only one ton of mixed clover-and-timothy hay. It required 

 193 lbs. of maize stover, plus 60 lbs. of maize meal and bran, 

 to produce 100 lbs. of milk ; and 3,880 lbs. stover, plus 1,233 

 lbs. maize meal and bran, to produce 100 lbs. of butter. 



705. Stover for Sheep. — The I\Iichigan Station made a 

 comparative test of feeding lambs with maize stover, maize 



