498 
On the Chemistry of Ensilage. 
Grains. 
Albuminous compounds 1 , 008 • 56 
Fixed acid (lactic acid) 516"42 
Volatile acids (butyric and acetic acid) .. 476 '70 
*Carbo-hyd rates and amides 1,528 "42 
Mineral matters (ash) 1,768-20 
Water 64,701-70 
70,000-00 
• Containing non-albuminou3 nitrogen .. 85-84 
The dry matter (dried at 212° F.) which was left on evapora- 
tion of its drainage contained in 100 parts — 
*AlbiTminous compounds 20-90 
Lactic acid 10-71 
fCarbo-hydrates and amides 31-73 
Mineral matter (ash) 36-66 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen 3-34 
t Containing nitrogen -51 
24 and 25. Grass-Silage, made hy Mr. J. Sivan, Stonejield, 
Lincoln. — Two samples of silage received from Mr. Swan on 
November 2nd, 1888, one from the top and the other from the 
bottom of the silo, on analysis were found to have the follow- 
ing composition : — 
From Top of 
the Silo. 
From Bottom 
of the Silo. 
77-80 
82 
60 
2-06 
1 
50 
3-03 
3 
G8 
14-72 
10 
35 
1-40 
1 
21 
-99 
66 
100-00 
100 
00 
-33 
24 
Total acidity (calculated as acetic acid) 
•04 
79 
The sample taken fom the top was drier, and contained less 
acid than that from the bottom of the silo. 
The top silage soon turned mouldy, but that from the bottom 
of the silo, although it was dripping wet, kept sound for a period 
of more than six months, when preserved in a large wide-mouth 
stoppered bottle. The drainage-liquid from one of Mr. Swan's 
silos had the following composition : 
