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hi the fall of 1894, the test was repeated on a larger 
scale. A lot of corn was carefully weighed and sampled. It 
was then divided into three portions; one was spread on the 
giound m a thin layer, the second part was set up in large 
shocks, containing about 500 pounds of green fodder in each, 
while the rest was shocked in small bundles. After 
leniammg thus for some months, until thoroughly cured, the 
portions were weighed, sampled, and analyzed separately. 
1 he table gives the losses that occurred in the curing: 
Total Weight. 
When Shocked. 
After Curing. 
Loss in Weight. 
PerCent. of Loss.. 
,DKY MATTER. 
When Shocked. 
After Curing.. 
Loss in Dry Matter. 
Per Cent, of Loss... 
Large Shocks. Small Shocks. On the Ground. 
• . , • * • 
952 294 186 
258 64 33 
694 230 153 
73 78 82 
217 77 42 
150 44 19 
67 33 23 
*11 43 55 
7 k0 rr/ ai \ a i C0U ^ be told by the eye there had been no 
i? \ . ie fodder had cured in nice shape, and the stalks on 
the inside of the bundles retained their green color, with no 
sign of moulding or heating. And yet the large shocks had 
iost thirty-one per cent, of their dry matter, or feeding value, 
the small shocks forty-three per cent., and the corn spread on 
the ground fifty-five per cent. 
On breaking or cutting the stalks, these losses were 
explained. The juice was acid, and there was a very strong 
acid oclor, showing that an active fermentation was taking 
place m this seemingly dry fodder. We had noticed this 
stiong odor the fall before and all through this winter. When 
or® bidder corn bw the steers is put through the feed cutter, 
that same strong smell is present. 
(i 1 ft can be said, then, that the dryness of the climate in 
Colorado does not prevent fodder corn from losing a large 
part of its feeding value through fermentation. Indeed the 
loss from this source, is fully as great as in the damp climate 
of New England. 
m ^^ppared with the losses by fermentation in the silo, 
he cured fodder shows considerably the higher loss. 
GROWTH OF FODDER CORN. 
Several of the eastern experiment stations have done 
considerable work in testing the growth of the corn plant. 
1 hey find that the corn keeps on growing until cut down by 
