Cut-Over Pine Lands in the South. 
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quality and is eaten greedily by cattle. Since the beans are later in 
maturing than the corn, the corn is left until well matured. The dry 
fodder improves the keeping quality of the beans so that the silage 
does not become rank and black as does silage made from a legume 
alone. The velvet bean increases the protein content of the silage to 
a marked degree and the anatysis would indicate a higher feeding 
value than corn or v sorghum alone. Early varieties of beans are sown 
when the crop is to be harvested as silage, as they are more nearly 
mature at the time the corn is ready to cut and the vine growth does 
not interfere so seriously in removing the crop from the field. 
Table 6 gives the analysis of a single sample of corn-and-velvet- 
bean silage as compared with analyses of corn silage and sorghum 
silage. 
Table 6. — Analyses of corn-and-velret-hean silage as compared with silage 
Diade from corn and from sorghum. 
Number 
of 
analyses. 
Constituents. 
Kind of silage. 
Water. 
Ash. 
Crude 
protein. 
Carbohydrates. 
Crude 
fiber. 
Nitrogen 
free 
extract. 
Fat. 
1 
121 
30 
Per cent. 
73.7 
73.7 
77.2 
Per cent. 
1.0 
1.7 
1.6 
Per cent. 
3.5 
2.1 
1.5 
Per cent. 
5.5 
6.3 
6.9 
Per cent. 
15.6 
15.4 
11.9 
Per cent. 
0.7 
Corn 2 (well matured) 
.8 
.9 
1 Analyzed by the Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
2 Analyses from Henry and Morrison. 
Table 6 shows the analysis of corn-and- velvet-bean silage to be very 
similar to corn silage and sorghum silage except that there is a very 
marked difference in the quantity of crude protein. The crude- 
protein content is more than double that of sorghum silage and 
nearly double that of corn silage. The crude-fiber content is also 
very low and is less than that of either sorghum or corn silage. The 
analysis would indicate a higher feeding value for corn-and-velvet- 
bean silage than corn or sorghum silage alone. 
Japmvese cane has been used to some extent as a silage crop because 
of its heavy yields, but it has not been generally satisfactory. This 
crop bears no grain and the silage is low in crude-protein content 
and somewhat high in fiber content. The silage is usually of poor 
quality and not equal to corn or sorghum silage in feeding value. 
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WINTER FEEDING. 
Roughages should be used to the fullest extent as winter feed. 
Provision must be made for feeding at least 3 months and the use 
of large quantities of roughage is the most economical method of 
