NITROGEN AND OTHER LOSSES IN ENSILING CORN. 
Table 5. — Summary c 
f analyses of juice; season 1915 
-16. 
Sample 
No. 
Number 
of days 
repre- 
sented. 
Weight. 
Specific 
gravity. 
Acidity. 1 
Total 
nitrogen. 
Albumi- 
noid 
nitrogen. 
Ammonia 
nitrogen. 
Amino 
nitrogen. 
Total 
nitrogen 
calcu- 
lated as 
protein. 
1 
2 
3 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
2 
3 
5 
4 
5 
3 
6 
2 
6 
4 
7 
4 
4 
3 
8 
8 
12 
9 
8 
9 
13 
10 
20 
22 
14 
15 
21 
30 
34 
Pounds. 
40 
81 
142.5 
166 
498.5 
655.5 
1,046 
650 
413 
290.7 
237.5 
169.5 
313 
160 
250 
429 
424 
262.5 
340 
172.3 
257 
147 
254 
171.5 
205 
107 
107 
106 
177 
115 
124 
89 
68 
65 
89 
58 
90 
880 
49 
51 
64.5 
122 
157.5 
1.027 
1.029 
1.030 
1.029 
1.029 
1.029 
1.029 
1.030 
1.030 
1.030 
1.030 
1.030 
1.030 
1.030 
1.0295 
1.029 
1.030 
1.030 
1.030 
1.030 
1.032 
1.032 
1.035 
1. 034 
1.035 
1.035 
1.036 
1.036 
1.040 
1.040 
1.040 
1.040 
1.042 
1.046 
1.041 
1.045 
1.045 
1.045 
1.042 
1.039 
1.040 
1.037 
1.030 
C.c. 
22.8 
24.4 
21.4 
Per cent. 
0.139 
.168 
.184 
.195 
.208 
.211 
.227 
.240 
.245 
.246 
.245 
.254 
.251 
.250 
.258 
.251 
.258 
.266 
.262 
.251 
.277 
.262 
.291 
.290 
.280 
.285 
.288 
.290 
.298 
.302 
.306 
.304 
.315 
.320 
.299 
.315 
.322 
.323 
.299 
.274 
.275 
.267 
.219 
Per cent. 
0. 0384 
.0384 
.0384 
Parts per 
million. 
174.2 
183.1 
171.7 
Parts per 
million. 
710.1 
850.9 
854.5 
Pounds. 
0. 3480 
.8505 
1. 6388 
4 
2. 0252 
5 
21.4 
21.4 
21.4 
29.0 
29.0 
28.5 
29.0 
28.5 
28.1 
28.3 
28.3 
27.2 
28.0 
29.7 
30.5 
31.8 
34.1 
34.6 
36.3 
36.8 
36.8 
37.0 
37.5 
37.8 
38.6 
39.5 
39.3 
38.6 
38.5 
39.3 
35.3 
36.2 
34.1 
32.0 
28.2 
26.7 
24.2 
28.3 
26.6 
.0352 
.0368 
.0320 
.0400 
.0496 
.0304 
.0416 
.0400 
.0464 
.0368 
.0464 
.0464 
.0336 
.0384 
.0352 
.0432 
.0384 
.0384 
.0336 
.0384 
.0144 
.0128 
. 01536 
.0144 
.0160 
.0144 
.0144 
.0112 
.0118 
. 01328 
. 01200 
. 01280 
.0182 
.0211 
.0216 
.0151 
.0189 
.0195 
.0158 
193.7 
190.4 
205.4 
215.7 
224.6 
229.2 
240.3 
232.4 
233.4 
243.0 
248.5 
249.8 
255.1 
295.6 
301.7 
309.6 
316.8 
317.9 
334.7 
332.4 
329.4 
356.3 
374.4 
371.2 
387.7 
394.5 
438.3 
416.0 
429.5 
441.6 
415.4 
416.4 
429.6 
448.7 
416.8 
397.1 
395.9 
419.8 
369.3 
1,073 
1,073 
1,133 
1,119 
1,159 
1,203 
1,220 
1,214 
1,240 
1,246 
1,317 
1,285 
1,263 
1,392 
1,401 
1,462 
1,498 
1,503 
1,539 
1,517 
1,558 
1,663 
1,717 
1,757 
1,771 
1,762 
1,959 
1,941 
1,986 
2,139 
1,979 
1,972 
1,962 
1,962 
1,967 
1,657 
1,759 
1,505 
1,318 
6. 4805 
6 
8. 6526 
7 
14. 8532 
8 
9. 7500 
9 
6. 3189 
10 
4. 4775 
11 
3. 6338 
12.. 
13 
2. 6951 
4. 9141 
14 
2. 4960 
15 
4. 0250 
16 
6. 7353 
17 
6. 8264 
18 
4. 3575 
19 
5.6580 
20 
2. 7033 
21 
4. 4461 
2. 4108 
23 
4. 6228 
24 
3.1042 
25 
3. 5875 
1.9046 
27 
1. 9260 
28 
1.9186 
29 
3.2922 
30 
2. 1735 
31 
2. 3684 
32 
3. 5910 
33 
1. 3396 
34 
1.3000 
35 
1. 6643 
1. 1426 
37 
1.8090 
38 
1. 6160 
39 
.9163 
.8721 
41 
1.1094 
42 
2. 0374 
43 
2. 1578 
1. 0345 
31.17 
.263 
.0283 
317.9 
1, 472. 9 
1 The figures in this column represent the number of cubic centimeters of normal alkali required to 
neutralize the acids in 100 grams of the juice. 
Total weight of juice, 9,494. 5 pounds. Total weight of nitrogen calculated as protein, 150.75 pounds. 
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. 
The investigation was conducted under all the difficulties inherent 
in practical farm conditions. The silo was not in any sense an 
experimental silo. The burial and removal of the bags took place 
during the regular course of filling the silo and feeding out the 
silage. In the season of 1914-15 the filling extended over a period 
of 17 days and the feeding out took nearly 3 months from the first 
bag to the last. In the season of 1915-16 the filling took only 8 days 
but the feeding out extended over a period of nearly 7 months. In 
the former season the corn was considered somewhat overmature and 
for a few minutes during each day's run water was added through 
the distributer. In the latter season the corn was considered less 
mature than is desirable for the best quality of silage. 
