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cents, would be one dollar and ten cents. The manure 

 might bring it up to one dollar and fifty cents per ton, 

 feeding value. In view of the above showing, the claim 

 that ensilage is a nutritious feeding stufE is simply pre- 

 posterous." Now any one who will take the trouble to 

 make the necessary calculations from the data furnished 

 by No. 14, in Series 3d of the subjoined experiments, 

 will find that one thousand two hundred and twenty- 

 three pounds of ensilage made twenty-seven pounds of 

 beef, live weight, or about forty-three and three-quarter 

 pounds to the ton. In other words, the estimated amount 

 is wide of the mark by upwards of one hundred per cent. 

 Again, the results of all the following experiments go to 

 show that ensilage is not of itself a perfect food, and that , 

 its nutritive value is greatly increased by the addition of 

 other matters. 



I do not propose, however, to discuss in detail the ex- 

 periments of the several Series, my space is too limited 

 for this, but simply to ask that all those interested in the 

 subject will examine them, candidly and fairly, for them- 

 selves. I have said enough, I hope, to show the import- 

 ance of experiments carefully and accurately made, with- 

 out previous bias or prejudice. As such these are 

 ofEered, for no expense or labor was spared to make them 

 thorough and reliable. They are herewith submitted in 

 full and without reserve, along with the fewest possible 

 words explanatory of their history and bearing. It must 

 be premised that every pound of food was carefully 

 weighed, the animals were confined in separate stalls, 

 and were as nearly as possible alike in age, blood, and 

 general condition, except in Section II of Series 1st, de- 

 signed simply to test the life-sustaining power of ensi- 

 lage, and in Series 3d, establishing its forcing qualities 

 when properly combined with other foods. 



In Sections II and III, Series 1st, the results of the 

 experiments are not as unfavorable to ensilage as they at 



