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covering this with boards, and these again with stone, or earth, 

 or cord wood. But one of the best dairy authorities in the 

 country tells us he uses no weight at all, prefering to lose a few 

 inches of ensilage by mould rather than incur the trouble or 

 cost of weighting. We have had about equal results from a 

 covering of straw and one of paper, boards and stone. 



When the time comes for feeding the ensilage we uncover 

 the whole surface and take off successive layers. If the weather 

 is as cold as usual with us here in winter no injury will result to 

 the mass. The material is put into baskets of two bushels 

 capacity, each basketfull supplying two cows with one feed. It 

 is well to mix the mill feed that is to be used each day w it^i the 

 ensilage before feeding this. Two portions of this mixture 

 morning and evening with meadow hay or good cut fo'dder 

 corn given at noon will supply your cows with " table-board," 

 as good for them as you could get for yourself at a first-class 

 Chicago hotel. 



SILAGE AND SUCCULENT FOOD FOR DAIRY 



CATTLE. 



BY F,;]. LLOYD. 

 (From British Dairy Farmer's Association.) 



Before attempting to enter into the subject of this paper, it is 

 well that we should clearly realize the ground which it is in- 

 tended to cover. Succulent food is that which contains naturally 

 a large proportion of moisture in the form of juice or sap, and 

 silage has been specially' mentioned to make it clear that this 

 substance would be also treated as a succulent food. 



As affecting all subsequent statements, one most important 

 consideration must be borne in mind throughout this paper. A 

 dairy cow requires in* its food both quantity and quality. Of 

 quantity, a cow in milk weighing 1,000 pounds must have 25 

 pounds of dry matter per diem, and this dry matter must con- 

 tain, if the food is to be of the best quality, 3 pounds of albumin- 

 oids, y 2 pound of fat, and 14 pounds of starch and sugar or 



