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MAirUAL OF CATTLE-FICEDINO. 





Fr^'sh. 

 Per cent. 



, ,, ., 



EnBilai^e. 

 Per cent. 



pTotein .... ...» 



6.52 



1.30 



58.71 



26.59 



6.88 



6M 



Fat . . , 



192 



Kitrogen 

 Crude fill 



-free extract. . • . • 



53.21 



re .••*...• 



20.23 



Ash . , , . 





12.02 











100.00 



100.00 



Some investigations by Weiske ^ on tlie ensilage of es- 

 parsette, in wliich the total amount of loss by fermenta- 

 tion was determined, sliow the nature of the alterations 

 which the fodder undergoes still more clearly. 



The composition of the dry matter of the fresh espar- 

 sette, as it was applied to the preparation of ^^browix 

 hay " and " sour hay," and that of the dry matter of the 

 two latter, was as follows : 





Protein. 

 Per cent. 



18.56 

 20.69 

 20.44 



Pat. 

 Per cent. 



Gmde fibre. 

 Per cent. 



83.93 



32 38 

 35.18 



Nitrogen- 



freo 

 extract, 



X*er o®nfc. 



A«h. 

 Per cent. 



Fresh.... 



Brown hay 



Sour hay... 



a.89 



4.87 

 6.02 



88.60 

 35.06 

 80.88 



0.02 

 7.00 

 7.48 



As before, the fermented fodder is poorer in nitro- 

 gen-free extract and richer in other ingredients than the 

 original materials. The loss of dry matter during fermen- 

 tation was, in the case of the brown hay, 18.5 per cent., 



Jour, t hmdw,, 1877, p. 17a 



