Show Silage More Palatable Than Fodder for Cows Covis An acre of corn has hns a much higher feeding value when fed to dairy cows as silage than thaD it has when cured and fed as fodder The rhe superior value of silage over over- fodder Is attributed largely to the smaller waste In the handling curing storing and aDd feeding of silage and to Its greater palatabilIty Principally Prin PriDe because silage Is much more palatable than cord fodder more of ol olit it Is consumed thus making more nutrients nutrients nu DU nu- nu available for milk production These facts are borne borDe out by an experiment experiment ex ex- ex ma made e by the Iowa Agricultural ral experiment station In which corn corD silage was compared to corn fodder In ID well balanced rations fed to dairy cows By giving corn corD silage a feedIng feedIng feeding feed feed- Ing value of a ton or 3 OO for foran foran foran an acre yield of eight tons the relative rela rein tive value of corn corD fodder was found to tobe tobe tobe I be 1717 for a production of 34 tons per acre However as there Is About 5 per cent greater additional loss resulting re re- suI suiting from curing curins fodder than thaD there Is from curing silage e th the acre valuation valuation tion of the fodder Is r reduced to 1021 1621 An acre of corn fodder In these trials therefore was given but 45 95 per cent the value of any acre of silage for feeding to dairy cows |