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Vol. XIV. No. 10 
Table III ,—Acidity produced by pea silage, oat silage, oat and pea silage, clover silage, 
clover and wheat-straw silage, alfalfa silage, alfalfa and wheat-straw silage in small 
silos, Idaho, igi6 
Add. 
PSA SILAGE. 
(Moisture, 76 per cent; 
dry material, 94 per 
cent.) 
OAT SILAGE. 
(Moisture, 70.4 per cent; 
dry material, 29.6 per 
cent.) 
OAT AND PEA SILAGE (PEAS, 
87K PER cent; OATS, 12K 
PER CENT, DRY BASIS). 
(Moisture, 76.2 per cent; 
dry material, 23.8 per 
cent.) 
Acidity in 100 gm. of— 
Addity in 100 gm. of— 
Addity in too gm. of— 
Silage 
juice. 
Silage* 
contain¬ 
ing mois¬ 
ture. 
Silage 
on dry 
basis. 
Silage 
juice. 
Silage 
contain¬ 
ing mois¬ 
ture. 
Silage 
on dry 
basis. 
Silage 
juice. 
Silage 
contain¬ 
ing mois¬ 
ture. 
Silage 
on dry 
basis. 
Acetic. 
Gm. 
0. 599 
.043 
Gm. 
0.45s 
• 033 
Gm. 
1.897 
• 137 
Gm. 
0.378 
. 020 
Gm. 
0. 266 
. 014 
Gm. 
0.881 
.046 
Gm. 
0.886 
. 064 
Gm. 
0.675 
.049 
Gm. 
2. 836 
. 205 
Propionic. 
Total volatile. 
Lactic. 
. 642 
1.903 
.488 
1.446 
2.034 
6.02 
•398 
1. 746 
. 280 
1.229 
.927 
4.07 
• 950 
1.474 
- 724 
x. X23 
3.041 
4. 72 
Total acidity. 
3. 544 
1-934 
8.054 
3.144 
1. 509 
4- 997 
3.424 
1.847 
7-76 i 
Add. 
OAT AND PEA SILAGE (PEAS, 
75 PER CENT: OATS, 25 
PER CENT, ON DRY BASIS). 
(Moisture, 74 per cent; 
dry material, 26 per 
cent.) 
OAT AND PEA SILAGE (PEAS, 
50 PER CENT: OATS, 50 
PER CENT, DRY BASIS). 
(Moisture, 74.3 per cent; 
dry material 25.7 per 
cent.) 
clover silage. 
(Moisture, 75 per cent; 
dry material, 25 per 
cent.) 
Addity in 100 gm. of — 
Acidity in 100 gm. of — 
Acidity in 100 gm. of — 
Silage 
juice. 
Silage 
contain¬ 
ing 
mois¬ 
ture. 
Silage 
on dry 
basis. 
Silage 
juice. 
Silage 
contain¬ 
ing 
mois¬ 
ture. 
Silage 
on dry 
basis. 
Silage 
juice. 
Silage 
contain¬ 
ing 
mois¬ 
ture. 
Silage 
on dry 
basis. 
Acetic. 
Gm. 
0.760 
•054 
Gm. 
0.562 
.040 
Gm. 
2. 148 
•154 
Gm. 
0.681 
.064 
Gm. 
0.506 
.048 
Gm. 
1-969 
. 184 
Gm. 
0.9 
.056 
Gm. 
0.675 
.042 
Gm. 
2. 70 
. 168 
Propionic... 
Total volatile. 
Lactic. 
.814 
1.773 
.602 
1*311 
2.302 
5-oi 
•745 
1592 
•554 
1.183 
2.153 
4.602 
•956 
.860 
.717 
-645 
2.868 
2.580 
Total addity 
2.586 
1-913 
7.312 
2.337 
1-737 
6- 755 
*1.8x6 
1.362 
5-448 
Add. 
CLOVER AND WHEAT-STRAW 
SILAGE (CLOVER, 75 PER 
cent: STRAW, 25 PER 
CENT). 
(Moisture, 73.5 per cent; 
dry material, 36.5 per 
cent.) 
CLOVER AND WHEAT-STRAW 
SILAGE (CLOVER, 50 PER 
CENT: STRAW, 50 PER 
CENT). 
(Moisture, 75 percent; dry 
material, 25 percent.) 
ALFALFA SILAGE. 
(Sample taken 3 months 
after siloing; moisture, 
75 per cent; dry, mate¬ 
rial 25 per edit.) 
Addity in 100 gm. of— 
Acidity in 100 gm. of— 
Addity in 100 gm. of— 
Silage 
juice. 
Silage 
con¬ 
taining 
mois¬ 
ture. 
Silage 
on dry 
basis. 
* Silage 
juice. 
Silage 
con¬ 
taining 
mois¬ 
ture. 
Silage 
on dry 
basis. 
Silage 
juice. 
Silage 
con¬ 
taining 
mois¬ 
ture. 
Silage 
on dry 
basis. 
Acetic... 
Gm. 
0.884 
.064 
Gm. 
0.650 
.047 
Gm. 
2.450 
.179 
Gm. 
0.674 
.063 
Gm. 
0.506 
.047 
Gm. 
2.028 
.188 
Gm. 
x-253 
•153 
Gm. 
0.940 
.115 
Gm. 
3-76 
.46 
Prnpinnir* .. 
Total volatile. 
Lactic. 
.948 
.966 
• 697 
. 710 
2.629 
2.870 
•737 
*927 
*553 
.695 
2. 3 X 5 
2. 781 
1.406 
Trace. 
**°5S 
Trace. 
4. 23 
Trace. 
Total addity. 
1-914 
1.407 
5-499 
1.664 
z. 248 
4-997 
x.406 
i-055 
4. 23 
