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of corn ill the silo and I had eighty acres shocked in the field. 

 I am putting that through a feed cutter, ears and all, and feed- 

 ing it in that condition. 



Mr. Judd: You have had experience, haven't you, in feed- 

 ing fodder corn whole right from the shock? 



Mr. Gurler: No, sir; I never did. 



Mr. Judd: Does it pay to run it through the fodder cut- 

 ter? Do they eat any more than when it is whole? 



Mr. Gurler: I could not very well feed shock corn with 

 my st3^1e of stall. I have the Bidwell stall, individual stalls, 

 and those mangers are not long enough to feed whole corn 

 in, and T don't want my cows out in the yard some days long 

 enough to eat corn. 



Mr. Johnson: Wouldn't jon be ashamed to have your 

 neighbors see you feeding the whole corn, anyway? 



Mr. Gurler: I don't do it, and I don't need to answer 

 that question. Last winter I used a sheller attachment to 

 my feed cutter, but I was doubtful whether it paid, as cheap 

 as corn is. 



Mr. Johnson: I should think you would have to keep a 

 great many hogs after your cattle? 



Mr. Gurler: Not so many. I don't wait for my corn to 

 get dead ripe. I cut the corn as early as I would if I was 

 going to put it in the silo. Now, as to the question of loss of 

 quality in the silo, perhaps Prof. Farrington can help us out. 



Prof. Farrington: No, I cannot. I don't think there is 

 any material change in the food by the fermentation in the 

 silage more than in the cured corn. 



Mr. Judd: I think it is generally conceded by the best 

 authorities that both ensilage and fodder corn lose about 

 twenty per cent, of their natural feeding value in any way 

 that you fix it, when they are properly put up. 



Mr. West: While in Tow^a a few years ago, I noticed my 

 brother went around picking the corn and my idea was that 

 he did that because he thought he saved the full value, be- 

 cause, if he put it in the silo a certain per cent, was lost. 



Mr. Footh: My experience has been that when I have 

 been feeding ensilage that had corn in it and went to feed- 

 ing ensilage that had not corn, there was a decided loss in 



