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one-twentieth of an acre each, and samples 

 from each plat were taken at intervals and 

 analyzed. According to the results secured 

 Breck's Boston Market, sown thick, yielded in 

 the milk or just past this stage from 4,043 to 

 6,494 lbs. of digestible food per acre. The di- 

 gestible protein in this food ranged from 110 to 

 314 lbs. per acre. These figures show that a 

 large amount of food may be secured in the 

 plant some time before full maturity, when the 

 largest amount of nutriment is usually ob- 

 tained. 



Beneficial eflfect of green food.— In soiling 

 stock, however, it is to be noted that an un- 

 known value may be attributed to these green 

 foods, which is shown in their influence on the 

 general health of the animals. There are some 

 who disapprove the use of corn silage because 

 a ton of it, water-free, contains no more digesti- 

 ble food than a ton of dry fodder, but these men 

 as a rule overlook the physiological effect of a 

 green food on the system — an influence that 

 cannot be measured by chemical standards. 



Stewart on corn for soiling. — In discussing 

 the corn crop for soiling Stewart says:* 



"Corn is adapted to the soil of all the States, and pro- 

 duces, under favorable circumstances, enormous yields of 

 green fodder. The author has grown 28 tons to the acre; but 

 M. Goffart, of France, grows from 30 to 50 tons, as he has 

 stated in his work upon "Ensilage." * * * There is no 



* Feeding Animals, 1886, p. 194. 



