The Ensilage of Fodders. 



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was produced by the crop. These trials show that the practice 

 of separating and drying the ear corn in silage making is not 

 warranted by the results, and that it is better to run the ear corn 

 into the silo with the fodder. 



397. Southern versus Northern seed corn for siiage. — Digestion 

 trials conducted during five years at the Maine Station * by 

 Jordan showed that sixty-five per cent, of the dry matter in the 

 Southern corn silage was digestible as against seventy-three per 

 cent, in the silage from corn of home-grown varieties. 



Digestion trials were also conducted at the Pennsylvania Sta- 

 tion * during three years by Armsby. In the following table are 

 given the findings of the Maine and Pennsylvania Stations from 

 direct trials, and similar data from three other Stations, the Maine 

 coefficients of digestibility being used in calcxdating the data 

 given in the last column of the table: 



€h-een weight, dry matter and digestible substance per acre in corn 

 forage from southern- and northern-grown seed — Mve Stations. 



*Bul. 16. tE«pt. 1888. tBul. 40. 



The table shows larger yields of green forage in every instance 



» Bept. 1893. 

 »Rept 1892. 



