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the test was that when silage imparts a bad or disagreeable 

 flavor to milk produced from it, almost invariably the cause is 

 that the silage has not been fed properly, or that spoiled silage 

 has been used. 



It has been contended that the acetic acid in silage has a 

 tendency to make milk sour more quickly. A user of silage 

 for 14 years took u. gallon of milk from a cow fed silage for 42 

 days and a gallon from another that had received no silage and 

 set them side by side in a room having a temperature of 40 

 degrees. Both gallons of milk began to sour at the same time. 



The combination in which corn silage will be used in feeding 

 milch cows will depend a good deal on local conditions; it may be 

 said in general that it should be supplemented by a fair pro- 

 portion of nitrogenous feeds like clover hay, wheat bran, ground 

 oats, linseed meal, gluten feed, cottonseed meal, etc. As it may 

 be of some help to our readers a number of balanced rations or 

 such as are" near enough balanced to produce good results at 

 the pail, are presented below. 



Silage Eations for Milch Cows. 



No. 1. Com silage, 35 lbs.; hay, 8 lbs.; wheat bran, 4 lbs.; 



ground oats, 3 lbs.; oil meal, 2 lbs. 

 No. 2. Com silage, 50 lbs.; corn stalks, 10 lbs.; com meal, 2 



lbs.; wheat bran, 4 lbs.; malt sprouts, 3 lbs.; oil meal, 1 lb. 

 No. 3. Corn silage, 40 lbs.; clover and timothy mixed, 10 lbs.; 



wheat shorts, 3 lbs.; gluten feed, 3 lbs.; corn and cob meal, 



3 lbs. 

 No. 4. Com silage, 20 lbs.; corn stalks, 10 lbs.; hay, 4 lbs.; 



wheat bran, 4 lbs.; gluten meal, 3 lbs.; ground oats, 3 lbs. 

 No. 5. Corn silage, 40 lbs.; clover hay, 10 lbs.; oat feed, 4 lbs.; 



corn meal, 3 lbs.; gluten feed, 3 lbs. 

 No. 6. Com silage, 45 lbs.; corn stalks, 5 lbs.; oat straw, 5 lbs.; 



dried brewers' grains, 4 lbs.; wheat shorts, 4 lbs. 

 No. 7. Corn silage, 35 lbs.; hay, 10 lbs.; com meal, 3 lbs.; wheat 



bran, 4 lbs.; oats, 3 lbs. 

 No. 8. Corn silage, 40 lbs.; com stover, 8 lbs.; wheat bran, 4 lbs.; 



gluten meal, 2 lbs.; oil meal, 2 lbs. 

 No. 9. Corn silage, 20 lbs.; clover and timothy hay, 15 lbs.; com 



meal, 3 lbs.; ground oats, 3 lbs.; oil meal, 2 lbs.; cottonseed 



meal, 1 lb. 



