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_ From the preceding experiments it will be seen that as an aver- 
_ age of the results there was a loss of 12.6 per cent. of the dry 
matter and a loss of 18.5 per cent. of the albuminoids and of 26.6 
per cent. of the sugars and starch, two of the most valuable food 
__ corstituents. 
_ The apparent increase of 45.4 per cent. of crude fat is doubtless 
due to the fact thatin the fermentation in the silo, a larer percent- 
_ age is rendered soluble in ether and this “ether extract” is what 
_ igs termed crude fat in. the table. 
The degree of uniformity which exists in the triplicate samples 
taken from the silo, shows that the silo is well constructed, and, 
‘it will be observed, that in but a single case was the ensilage in 
_ other than an excellent condition. 
| It will be seen, therefore, whatever may be the relative loss of 
- nutritive matter in the process of dry curing of fodder, there is a 
_ considerable loss in these nutrients in the production of ensilage 
& even under what must be regarded as very favorable conditions. 
4 When we consider that good ensilage constitutes a food most 
acceptable to dairy animals, available at all times during the late 
3 fall, winter and spring months, as also during seasons of drought, 
_ when the green forage falls short, thus furnishing, at it does, prac- 
3 tically the equivalent of a green forage ration throughout the 
_ year, there can be little doubt that its use will increase in the 
: future so soon as its merits come to be fully recognized. 
Another advantage not to be overlooked is that in no other way 
gan the corn crop be so economically harvested and both grain 
- and stalks so well prepared, almost regardless of the vicissitudes 
- of weather, as in placing it, when at its maximum food value, 
_ promptly in silo where until consumed it requires no further care 
| 4 and no further expense. 
Analysis of Fruit Trees. 
: The examination has been continued of several varieties of 
a nursery stock for the purpose of learning the quality and quantity 
a of the mineral constitutents ‘removed by them from the soil. 
a The trees were contributed for the purpose by several of the 
SD eading nurserymen of Geneva from their stock, and were taken 

