Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-15

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tween the walls. and weight the planks with
rocks so as to keep up the pressure upon IT.
He spreads about a foot of uncut rye straw
over the top before putting ON the plank.
Last year he filed one Of the pits with corn
fodder about eleven feet deep, and weighted
with about twenty tons of rocks. aud IT set
tied about a foot and a half This does not
hea, at all. hut goes through a sort Of cold
fermentation. and acquires a sort of acid
taste and smell. which does not seem to in
lure its value as food or hinder the COWS
from eating it as greedily as they would
the green fodder in the winter. The doc
tor hopes to proven, even this slight sour
mg this wear. but do not think he can.
Nov THAT are the advantages lie reokons
a ton Of ;hi, fodder when taken from the
pit to BE- equal in feeding value to a half
ton Of good han lie fed one animal on
forty pounds per day for thirty-four days
without grain or loss q weight. Another
I had the same amount with three quarts OF
shorts added. and !, gained ;iity three pounds
IN thirty four DAYS The flow Of milk l.
T ercail, increased over that when he i
/ feeding dry ha, and gram. aud the COW,
seem to bc in better condition. The above
/ two pits. holding ncarl, four hundred tons.
when full. contain the raiions for abou;
/ fifty cows the year round. if he desires 10
/ stall feed. or enough Tor an hundred COVE
/ through the winter hc grows sowed corn
/ in drills. yer, much after the manner which
| have 30 often advocated through this pa
per. and has succeeded in growing forty tons
/ 10 the acre. He thinks he can much cxoeed
I that. bu; at that moment he can fill his pit.
/ from ten acres. and thus make oaeh are
4 teep ire calrs a; the barn the wear round.
/ This sounds large. bu, he was not cuntented
| with that lie gets his sowcd corn of and
packed m the pi, in September. and imned-
/ iaiciv SOUS winter rle. which he cuts green
the last Of Nav or first part Of June in
season TO put in corn again If he wishes
A. his crop Of re j. from eight 10 twelve
tons per acre. he get ffty ton. Of enshagc,
which be- considers equal 10 twenty five ton,
Of ,.moth, hay, from each acre 80 oultiN aicd
and makes the ACRE keep ncarl, seven COW,
Ne year round
While thu, ike much other farming on
paper. may not prove in actual trial to re-
suit as we'll a. il figures out. | have no
doub, Of the possibility Of growing that
amount Of green fodder on an acre. The
value % il for feeding take from the Doc
tors estimate. which he gave a, the result Of
actual trial lat winter.
How much MANURE doc, he u.c to grow
such crops SIX cords Of good manure from
the barn cellar or .hcl !, spread broad oas;
and harrow 81 IN upon Az acre. Then ahou;
two OF three hundred pound. Of phosphate
- soNn ia the dy.il with the seed. He doe
not ike sweet corn TOT fodder we'll a.
southern white. Think, ha.hc. Of .cca ..
enough ;o the acre. and has . Varl,tS. %;
which he think. half hushr. Of seed o.
enough. Put h.s drills three ice, apart.
III, corn fodder = cut ~ pieces Of little
les than a half inch long before beng put
IN the pit !; coz: las, year about seventh,
isc cent? ton 20 har,r,, the corn fodder
and pat il IN ih. pit. ba; ]; Ought 10 h. done
for les money.
The cost of b., ;va ,ilo, "a. about h,r
hundred dollars. including Labor aud all.
The engine and cutter co..; about four hun
drcL more, \ shed With ccmcu;ei floor
suitable 20 stand hiiy cnHs IN ipr the wear.
can b, built Tor another five haudr 81. and
th4s he claim, tha, cos; % barns can ~
greatly reduced. a, ~. As cost Il food for
stock
| inquired 4 thu, principle would hold
good i the "a permcu; Was tined on a mai.
scale Could the ,nal! farmer. Tho has on
!, four or Eve COWS. preserve the fodder
for them ia the same Wat' lie saW 40
reason uh, they could not An old fash
toned farmer, irr house oF cellar. half ua-
derground. would he just good ,l.o - Il
bull, FOR that purpose. Il the ,4le, are only
cemenied 80 A. Ia BE- air-,Igh'.
4 small .llo about eight feet uide. tvel, e
long and ten deep could b. built FOR atou,
fort, dullar,. # the farmer could do the
stone work himself This would hold
about ,went, tons. which. by the Doctor
estimate. AbA4tl ~ ~lb 10 tit = lAAA4 ~ ASs'i
would feed siK cows through the winter
He claims that the only requisites Ia sue
/ ce>sful keeping Of the fodder are: Cutting
/ il in short piece, of about a half inch long
iramping II heavily TO cNpel the air or the
/ oxygen Of the air from il weighing the
! plank> on the top sufficiently heavy "a
( cause them 10 follow up the natural shrink
/ age. and having the bottom and sides Of the
( pr, so connected a, 10 exclude air and mos
ture.
/ With small farmers who desire to TN the
/ experiment upon small scale. the cutting
/ u the fodder by hand would add something
TO the cost Of filling the silo. but II It prove
a success We MAY look forward 10 the tlm'
when parties Who own an engine and CUTIE
/ Will make It i business 10 20 about 10 ds
that work during the season. even in the
grain growing sections they 20 out 10 do III,
thrashing for those who Keep no thrashin4
machines.
Then" says he. .'see the possibilities fol
those Who have taken some of the rundown
farms of our hill towns. or elsew here
They have no manure. and having no fod
der can't Keep stock 10 make manure
They must. under the old system. bring uI
their farms by the slow process Of addin.
one or two cows each year. and by perse-
yeranoe and good management they ma!
get their land IN decent condition in abou
an average life time.
Under this plan they can build silo, an'
a cheap but warm shed for their cattle
break up few acres and SOW corn; manur
it with some good artificial fertilizer; grow
tweniytons per acre, If they can't grow fortyl
tord1lary pasture land will often grow tina
without manure , make enslage of the fod
der: keep the manure under cover. or put i
upon the land a. fast as made. and the mex
wear they viii be able 10 manure the Lane
we'll. while the product Of the cows or sheet
will handsomely pay all expenses"
Now do not wish TO be understood a
indorsing all the statements made here, bu
have gwen them as given me. Circum
stances being different may produce differ
ent results another season, in business s.
comparatively new as the preserving o
ensilage but | say this: | went Their
Aeptical and returned fully satisfied tina
it is for the interest Of the farmers that the