Composition and Digestibility of Corn Ensilage, Cow Pea Ensilage, Soja Bean Ensilage, and Corn-Fodder (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Composition and Digestibility of Corn Ensilage, Cow Pea Ensilage, Soja Bean Ensilage, and Corn-FodderDuring the day the steers were attended almost constantly, and the dung was taken up from the drop at frequent intervals by means of a spatula and a small scoop and kept in covered vessels. During the night from about 10 o'clock p. M. Till 5 o'clock a. M. The steers were left alone, but usually they lay quiet, and it was a common thing to find them at 5 a. M. Still lying, and each with several pounds of dung in the drop which they had voided without rising. Great care was taken from the beginning to the end Of the experiment that the drop should be kept clean from foreign matter and that no dung should be lost.It may seem to some that it is not possible to let dung fall Upon a clean, smooth ¿oor and take it up again with a high degree of accuracy. Experiments were made to determine this. About 35 pounds of dung were allowed to fall in small quantities from a height of four feet, each being taken up before the next small quantity was allowed to fall. In two trials the average loss was one-fourth of an ounce. In three trials on 34 pounds Of a different sample and on a different day the average loss was one third of an 'ounce. The dung was then simply transferred from one vessel to another, about the same length of time being used as had been taken in the other trials, and it was found that the loss of weight by the evaporation of moisture was one-fourth Of an ounce. Evidently this method of collecting the dung admits of a higher percentage of accuracy than many of the determinations in its subsequent analysis.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.