414 Report on the Experiments on Ensilage 
To sum up, we have the following results : — 
100 pai'ts of grass produced : — 
Good silage 88 'IS 
Inferior and mouldy silage 4 "56 
Loss by fermentation, eva-^ y .£9 
poration, &c / 
100-00 
100 parts of grass produced : — 
Good hay 29-77 
Inferior hay and waste .. 2*61 
Water and loss in making) nn 
hay r[«'^2 
100-00 
In stating the latter result, as regards the hay, it should be men- 
tioned that the stack being quite a small one, the consequent 
loss at the sides, due to weathering, &c., was necessarily greater 
in proportion than would have been the case had a large stack 
been made. 
We consider, in conclusion, the respective areas of land 
used for producing the hay and silage respectively. In all, 
5 J acres were cleared ; this gives the yield of the field as 
5 tons 9 cwt. 0 qr. 14 lbs. of grass per acre, or 1 ton 15 cwt. 
1 qr. 9 lbs. of hay per acre. We found from the feeding experi- 
ment that, practically, an equal increase in live-weight was 
obtained from the silage used up to March 10, 1887, and from 
the whole of the hay, the rick having been finished on that date. 
Calculating the amount of grass represented by the quantities 
consumed up to March 10, we have the conclusion that 
28,995 lbs. of grass, or the | converted into 1 
produce of 2|- acres .. j silage .. ..I produced equal 
34,442 lbs. of grass, or the | converted into j feeding results. . 
produce of 2|- acres . . j hay . . . . J 
In the above calculation, the acreages given have been 
reckoned as producing the whole of the silage and hay, whether 
good or bad, i.e., including all waste. 
This experiment accordingly leaves the following point to 
be practically determined by the farmer in each individual 
case : Does it cost more to make 2| acres of grass into»silage, 
or 2^ acres into hay ? 
Additional Experiment conducted at Wilmington, Salop. 
Towards the close of 1886, I had the pleasure of receiving 
from Mr. W. Ernest Evans, of School Gardens, Shrewsbury, 
a kind offer to conduct, free of cost to the Royal Agricultural 
Society, an experiment on ensilage at a farm at Wilmington, 
near Shrewsbury, which Sir Offley Wakeman, Bart., had in liand ; 
the landlord being good enough to allow the stock and produce 
on the farm to be used for the experiment. This offer I gladly 
accepted, and with the co-operation of Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, of 
Ensdon House, Montford Bridge, Salop, who visited the farm 
