1920.] 



Feeding Value of Silage. 



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in his recent address to the Farmers' Club.* " Taking into 

 account the chemical analyses and the feeding experiments 

 I am of opinon that 3 lb. of oat and tare 30-per-cent. silage 

 may be regarded as having a value slightly greater than i lb. 

 of good oat and tare or clover hay, and that i lb. of oat and 

 tare 30-per-cent. silage is equal to slightly less than 2 lb. of 

 roots . . . 



In conclusion, it must be borne in mind that chemical 

 composition, although the most important, is not the only 

 factor determining the nutritive value of feeding-stuffs. The 

 physical condition, palatability, etc., must also be taken into 

 account ; these factors will doubtless in actual practice have 

 given rise to greater differences in the values of the respective 

 silages than are indicated by the above estimates. 



t Contributed to the Journal of the Favni rs* Club in 1920. 



