Growing Ensilage. 



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'Professor Roberts, of Cornell University, says: 

 ' Fodder corn sown broadcast does not meet the needs 

 of milking cows. Fodder corn is mainly a device of 

 a thoughtless farmer, to fool his cows into believing 

 that they have been fed when they have only been 

 filled up.' 



" While the tons of water decreased as it neared 

 maturity, the dry matter steadily increased.' From 

 the first date to the last the dry matter increased 

 4.8 times, i.e., 1,619 to 7,916 lb. per acre, while the 

 digestible albuminoids increased. " 



Starch 

 Per Acre. 



Digestible 

 Albuminoids. 



July 30th 



August 9th . . , , 

 August 21st. ... 

 September 7th 

 September 27th 



122.23 



491. B5 



706.74 



1.734-96 



2,852.96 



117-37 

 205.79 

 207 03 

 315.42 

 326.21 



Corn Per Acre. 



July 30th 



August 9tb.... 

 August 2ist . . . 

 September 7th. 

 September 27th 



Albuminoids.' 



239 77 

 436.76 

 478-69 

 643.86 

 677.78 



Carbohydrates. 



1,168.10 

 2,272.19 

 3,703.36 

 6,005.67 

 6,561.64 



Fat. 



72.20 



167-75 

 228.90 

 259.99 

 314-3* 



" Com in the shock loses thirteen to fifteen per cent, 

 of dry matter." 



COVERING.- 



Bran as a Covering. — Mr. Henry Woods, of Eng- 

 land, was the first, I believe, to suggest the practice 

 of covering the ensilage with bran. He says : " I 



