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or, for mean results, 1 lb. of albuminoid in 
I. Small ration of milk, produced ___--_--- 2.2 lbs. of live weight 
II. Large ration of milk, produced _____--- 3.6 . . 
III. Ration of milk and grain, produced_._. 2.4 RS rs 
IV. Ration of grain and clover _.._...___-- 1.9 se 4. 
V. Ratromof! grain avid clover... -S84 2 2.0 e 2 
Vi: Ratton°ot .grain- and gras, 12. eee er 1.6 He * 
In average of above... 2.1 “ " 
The evidence of this trial is hence in favor of abundant milk feed— 
ing and early stages of growth, in order to hasten the time when the 
milk can be replaced by a ration of moderate grain and abundance 
of green forage of the best quality. 
ENSILAGE. 
In 1884 the Station silo was partly filled, in order to test the ques-- 
tion whether cut fodder could be placed in position slowly and at in- 
tervals, and yet keepasensilage. ‘The following data will aid in un- 
derstanding the conditions of the result. 
The silo is built of brick, is of rectangular form, twelve feet long,. 
nine feet ten inches wide, and when opened, contained three feet. 
two inches of material. 
The fillmg commenced August 18, 1884, with corn and sorghum 
cut into average lengths of three-fourths inch pieces, and the amount. 
weighed in was as below: 
August 18, 3121 lbs. corn and sorghum, mixed. 
6 19), B259 (a4 ee 
6é 20, 6082 6é 66 €é e a4 
The silo was now covered and weighted, the planks being laid upon 
the top of the material, without the intervention of straw. On Septem- 
ber 18th it was opened for reception of 3044 pounds of sorghum, 
and was then covered and weighted as before. 
On June 10, 1885, the silo was opened. ‘The top was dark and 
musty for about six inches down, but the ensilage below the moldy 
portion wasin anexcellent state of preservation, and would be called 
first-class ensilage by those who are acquainted with ensilage prod- 
ucts: By analysis, it contained about one and one-half per cent. of 
acid, calculated as acetic. 
From this experiment it becomes evident that ensilage can be 
preserved when the silo is filled gradually, as the convenience of the 
labor on the farm dictates, and that but little precaution need be 
taken in filling. The upper layer, which became musty served as a. 
protection to the bulk of the ensilage, but the proportion of this 
spoilt ensilage to the whole mass, 1s, of course, greater in a silo of 
little depth than in one whichis deeper. | The preservation was such. 
that nine months or more keeping seemed to be no detriment, and it. 
was very evident that it might have remained closed even longer, 
without suffering harm. 
When we consider that this ensilage, stored in small quantities. 
on different days and after an interval, was equal in quality to the 
former product of the same silo placed in rapidly, and with the 
most careful precaution, it will appear that much unnecessary labor 
in filling the silo was employed in the past. It seems very probable: 
