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should it be where the odor of it cannot be ex- 

 cluded from the cow stable at milking time. 



Perfect silage (silage put up in the proper 

 stage of maturity) has very little odor to impart 

 if it has been stored in an up^to-date silo under 

 careful supervision. 



Silage aJid Fresh-cut Com. — There were so 

 many mistakes made in the early work with 

 silos and silage that it is a wonder that the work 

 survived, and the fact that it did is proof that 

 value and merit were back of it. One great sur- 

 prise that is repeated annually to me is that 

 when I change from the cured silage to the 

 fresh-cut corn in the same mechanical condition 

 the cows give a decreased flow of milk. I know 

 of other dairymen that have the same experi- 

 ence. I expected to find with this change of 

 feed an increase in the flow. of milk but actually 

 found a loss. I have found this fact and have 

 no theory that fits it. 



Another point in favor of silage is the small 

 risk of having it damaged in harvesting, as we 

 are practically independent of the weather be- 

 cause we need have none damaged in the pro- 

 cess of harvesting it. 



Amount to Feed. — The amount of silage to 

 feed depends on conditions — whether we have it 

 in plenty and are short of hay, or have hay in 

 plenty and are short of silage. Whatever these 

 conditions may be, the milk will be good if the 



