PRESERVATION FOR STOCK FOOD 



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grain, and roots, as compared with clover-hay, bean-straw, 

 maize grain, and roots. The results were highly satisfactory 

 and in favour of the stover, grain, and roots, as the more 

 economical of the two feeding mixtures. 



" The principal objection to feeding maize stalks [stover] 

 to lambs is that, when fed in the bundle from racks, the lambs 

 waste a large percentage of the fodder. The only satisfactory 

 method of feeding them is in racks after the stalks have been 

 cut in a cutting-box or silage machine. The stalks fed in this 

 experiment were cut with an ordinal")' silage cutter and fed 



CHAP. 

 XV. 



Fig. 236.— Shredded stover on an American farm. 



from racks. The average daily ration of this fodder was riS 

 lbs for each of the ten lambs. Each lamb in the lot receiving 

 maize stalks as the fodder ration, gained an average of 2-15 

 lbs per week, or 30 '2 lbs. for the whole period. Such flatter- 

 ing results should make every sheep-feeder value his maize 

 stalks highly and induce him to take every possible precaution 

 to properly preserve them" (Mumford, in Michigan Station 

 Bull. 136). 



706 Maize Fodder or " Shocked - corn". -The simple 

 method of preserving maize for winter use in the form of 



