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solid mass than corn alone, and more effectually excludes the 

 air, so that it is an advantage in the preservation of the ensilage, 

 and besides, it will furnish the more nitrogenous addition to the 

 ration which the corn requires. If corn, millet and clover are 

 ready at the same time, they may be all ensilaged together to 

 the great advantage of the resulting preserved fodder. This 

 combination would give a complete ration for milk without the 

 addition of grain. As my opinion of the real value of any paper 

 is the discussion that follows, to bring out the views of different 

 persons on the subject, that have used a silo, I will close with 

 the hope of there being a free discussion of the subject. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Judd: Have you ever put clover with your corn into 

 the silo? 



Mr. Murphy: No, but I am satisfied it would be a good 

 thing. I feed about forty to fifty pounds a day to each cow 

 with ground feeds, corn, oats and bran. I put in about six 

 quarts a day of the mixed ground feed twice and all the ensilage 

 they will eat. I will say my silo has lately not been so I could 

 use it, and I am feeding shredded corn fodder now. I consider 

 that the ensilage will give more milk and produce more butter 

 and you can get more actual feed off of an acre of ground for 

 cattle with ensilage than you can get of the shredded corn fod- 

 der. 



Question: What do you consider the per cent, of loss iu 

 shredded fodder? 



Mr. Miirphy; That will depend on how much moisture 

 there is in it when you are shredding. This year there isn't go- 

 ing to be any. Last year in order to let a man take home his 



