494 Report on the Experiments on Ensilage conducted at 
Dry Matter. 
Woody 
Fibre. 
Nitrogen. 
Mangolds 
Clover hay-cliaff . . 
lbs. 
50 
8 
lbs. 
4-92 
6-68 
lbs. 
-34 
1-82 
lbs. 
•12 
•21 
Clover silage . . 
57 
11-60 
11-53 
2- 16 
3- 74 
•33 
•205 
On April 2nd the new experiment began, the bullocks being 
re-weighed. Very shortly, all took to 50 lbs. each daily of the 
silage, and the quantity was increased to 56 lbs. ; but they 
would not eat this for more than two days, and then two of them 
left a few pounds ; after that the quantities had to be somewhat 
reduced to get them to eat up all. 
The remainder of the experiment calls for but few remarks ; 
from April 20th right up to June 1st, when the experiment 
closed,^the bullocks steadily ate as nearly as possible 50 lbs. of 
silage per head each day, with slight variations, except that 
during the cold weather of the middle of May they ate more 
freely than at any other time. The silage animals drank about 
twice as much water as the others. Weights were taken on 
April 20th, May 4th, May 18th, and June 1st, as follows : — 
Seceiving Clover Silage, 
April 2. 
April 20. 
May 4. 
May 18. 
June 1. 
Increase in 
60 days. 
1 
2 ,. 
3 .. 
4 .. 
Total .. 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
10 3 20 
10 3 19 
11 2 21 
10 1 7 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
10 2 0 
10 2 8 
11 2 4 
10 1 21 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
10 3 7 
10 1 7 
11 2 14 
10 1 14 
cwtg. qrs. lbs. 
11 0 0 
10 2 14 
11 3 19 
10 1 16 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
11 1 22 
11 0 10 
12 0 8 
10 1 16 
cwt. qr. lbs. 
0 2 2 
0 0 19 
0 1 15 
0 0 9 
43 3 11 
43 0 5 
43 0 14 
43 3 21 
45 0 0 
1 0 17 
Heceiving Soots and Clover Hay-chaff. 
April 2. 
April 20. 
May 4. 
May 18. 
June 1. 
Increase in 
60 days. 
5 .. 
6 
7 .. 
8 .. 
Total .. 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
9 1 18 
10 0 0 
11 0 7 
8 2 8 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
9 3 7 
10 1 21 
11 0 0 
8 2 21 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
10 0 0 
10 2 0 
11 3 12 
8 3 10 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
10 1 10 
10 2 17 
11 3 16 
9 16 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
10 2 16 
11 0 0 
12 0 15 
10 0 0 
cts. qrs. lbs. 
1 0 26 
10 0 
10 8 
1 1 20 
39 0 5 
39 3 21 
41 1 0 
42 0 21 
43 3 3 
4 2 26 
