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Show Find Corn Silage Most Valuable for Dairy Cow In feeding trlnls with dairy cattle, covering three years, It was found that corn silage was 1 per cent more valu able than kuflr silage, nnd kaflr silage was 10 per cent more valuable than cane silage for milk production. When the amount of milk produced per acre was consid,-ed. however, tlu cane silage led the corn and kaflr on account of the greater yield. Uslnc the following yields for corn, cane and kafi conn, 11.8 tons per acre; cane. 18 tons per acre; and kaflr, 11.8 'tons per acre an acre of cone would pro duce 30,000 pounds of milk when fed In a dairy ration, an acre of corn, 22. 000 pounds of milk, and an acre of kaflr, 21.070 pounds of milk. |