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of 31 per cent, of all tlie cut fodder. During one season's Iririi it 

 was observed that the finer the fodder was cut the larger the pro- 

 portion of waste. This investigator summarized hia conclusions 

 for Kansas conditions as follows: " I am abundantly satisfied from 

 accurate experiments made to test the point, and from a large gen- 

 eral experience, that the chief, almost only, value of cutting fodder 

 is found in the fact that such chopped fodder can be placed in the 

 manger and generally handled much more conveniently than the 

 unchopped." 



379. Results of shredding stover. — Quite contrary results were 

 obtained by the writer in a series of trials at the "Wisconsin Sta- 

 tion, 1 in which shredded com fodder or stover was used. In these 

 trials the same amount of grain and hay was fed to each lot of cows 

 on trial. Those fed whole roughage were supplied with such quan- 

 tity as seemed necessary to their wants, for they could not be 

 made to consume the coai'ser portions of the long stalks, with the 

 partial exception next noted. In the third trial Stowell's Ever- 

 green sweet corn fodder, carrying a considerable quantity of ears, 

 was fed. The stalks of this fodder were soft and pliable, and 

 when fed whole the cows consumed almost all of them, leaving 

 only 143 pounds of stalks out of 1,600 pounds of fodder fed. 



Summary of three trials ichen feeding thredded and tmshredded com 

 forage to dairy cows — Wisconsin Station. 



^ Bept 1886. 

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