486 Report on the Experiments on Ensilage conducted at 
Silo 1, Grass. 
Silo 2, Grass. 
Temp, of 
Date. 
1 
Centre, 
Back, 
Front, 
Centre, 
BacI;, 
Front, 
i ft. 
2 ft. 
1 ft. 
4 ft. 
2 ft. 
1 ft. 
1884. 
o 
o 
j 
o 
o 
o 
o 
o 
July 19 .. 
63 
82 
111 
81 
88 
108 
„ 20 .. 
„ 21 .. 
67 
84 
96 
106 
85 
104 
125 
64 
85 
95 
105 
88 
105 
110 
„ 22 .. 
bo 
86 
96 
109 
87 
105 
108 
„ 23 .. 
67 
88 
96 
107 
91 
104 
106 
„ 24 . . 
64 
92 
95 
98 
93 
106 
102 
,, ZD 
bO 
94 
89 
96 
89 
98 
96 
„ 26 .. 
60 
87 
92 
98 
94 
101 
94 
„ 30 .. 
68 
88 
90 
95 
94 
97 
90 
A HIT Q 
Aug. y . . 
74 
85 
87 
91 
93 
95 
90 
„ 23 .. 
68 
85 
85 
86 
90 
94 
85 
., 30 .. 
63 
82 
83 
82 
88 
91 
80 
Sept. 27 .. 
58 
76 
75 
78 
85 
90 
78 
Oct. 25 .. 
46 
60 
68 
72 
81 
85 
72 
Nov. 29 .. 
38 
63 
61 
60 
76 
80 
61 
through a chaffing-machine. No. 4 was filled on the 25th 
July, and No, 5 on the 28th July, the contents being rammed in 
in the same way as the grass, and weighted in each case on the 
day of filling. Analyses of average samples of the clover put in 
these silos gave the following results : — 
Silo 4. 
Silo 5. 
Clover (un- 
Clover 
chaffed) 
(chaffed) 
July 25th. 
July 28th. 
73-50 
78-73 
•27 
-51 
2-75 
2-43 
7-36 
6-99 
9-57 
6-52 
4-47 
2-90 
1-30 
» -07 
•78 
1-25 
100-00 
100-00 
•53 
•57 
•48 
•47 
■05 
-10 
The following was the analysis of the clover-chafF used in 
the subsequent feeding experiments : — 
Moisture 1G'-17 
* Albuminoids 1()^G2 
Woody fibre 
* Containing nitrogen 2 • 6G 
