New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-12
REVOL UTTON IN DAIRY FARMING.
ENsnAGE USED FOR FOOD INSTEAD OF HAY-sCc
CEssFUL EXPERIMENTS NEAR POMPTos, HEw
JERSEY.

ENsILAGE UsTp FOR FOOD INSTEAD OF HAY-sCc-
CrssFUL EXPERIMENTS NEAR POMPTos, EEw-
JERSEY.
No proposed change in time hOnOred methods
Of agriculture has excited deep interest among
progrc farmers the recent experiments IN pre-
sorvnS seen fordge crops in silOs ceDentlined Pts
Ono OF tho earliest adyentnrers In this new
field WAS Mr Clark ". Mills, Of Arrareek
Farm. near Poinpton, ". J., ana his silos
ext"Ds IN the county. and this sueeass last
va encouraging that he Is now wintenng 100 head
Of orned cattle aud II horses without pound OF hay
and lie confident that he Will bring his entire stock
through until May weather furnishes grazing His store
of ensace OR cow-hrlut) facetious farmers style
IA. preserved fodder, gathered FROM lpSs thnn
thirteen acres OF land, and 1t Ia simply the stalks OF
Indian corn when green into half inch lengths aud
packed IN sios under pressure tightly TO e1c!ude
The Mr. Mills estmatas The entire cost Of biz supply
Of about go tOls, iEclud aecl, tlaee, gathering,
cutting packing ready Or ferding AT less than $780,
aud when II IL Remembered that sufficient amount OF
hay answer the samo purpose wond have cost somc
thing Ike $1,000 the value OF the process VIII be
recognized.
YcstcrIay n number or gentlemen from varlous parts
OF -Jcraey visited Arageck farm TO make personal
Inspection OF the metlO OF preparing he ensllage and
Of ia results. In the psry were tho Hon. James
Bishop, Chof Of the State Bureau Of Statistics Pro-
f,ssor George II. Cook. OF rhe Agricultural College
anu STATE GeoloYisti Theodore West. superintendent
md A. T. Tcals chemist OF the STATE Experimental Farm
beside several pr0uinent stock ralsers Ike Messrs
Holly and ADreni 81 PsiEfciLj EalSOn OF New-Bruns
vi III Iadgeway, Hutchinson aud Taylor or Burlington
County Ia the barn, winch is 80 feet long, there no.
NIsp Of bay. Tut 80 pits each 40 feet long. 10 feet
wide aAd 20 leet Deep with sircy perpendicular walls
OF concrete. sO had been emptied, aud from the
other section OF the cover had boon removed and the
eusiia,e cut uui 10 tho bOitOm leaving perpendicular
wall FOR inspcchon
Mr. Mills IS found by xpcrim6nt that the freshy.cut
maize en- be oo,9rl sscd IN volume nearly 0ne-hai and
h,I,fUre. ne pa fruiuo ul plank fifteen feet high
and Of the same width AID length OF the so upon the
concrete wall and Ills the space 10 the top the wooden
feeder. Upon the mas Il cover Of plant ID placed,
loaded with heavy weights, ami III iew day. The
will have pressed the ma be'nw the mouth ~ ITO
TX % I've WIN we Nor M.hH tue lIaLe - Ir,
s "a In IL lodr feet In VIII pOus!eG ana erCnved,
brady ba't ned WIN me - sns %; '.c sst.lou p.9Jeet
,uiiy disfl.ohJtd wti-ht .h0 whole moves downward
ptier me sr,Ipn ar an ucn snorfer ihru The wdth
o. the p caylnE Tor ur aid 10 escape
20 cover Is IRE sod d.wnwar. 1Lc W ghl u-ed l6oug
nty tOns D. sa IN SACK wic. - ground tor iced as IT
II en:il1Se yesIs day in po-ta1 perfectly pre-
se,ve H t9 op ~ y 70 ;G DoITn H i Go ifni
Juices nave slightly acll Taste. 1t ms gone through
heating Process, nut before feeding IL IL laid IN
heap for 10" DAYS / Torment sghty, when 10 cmiiS
pleasant YlnouS aidma. Th' cattle dryour II eagerly,
and their apprarlncu seems pr0Yt tha. It Is heahul
rAile the nDnntan milk They produce Is vi TIE best
Mr Mills fccdl less rran than farmers ordinarily use
IN hayied dalries tall variety Southern corn IL
planted closely Ia drills mi after tasscl a
pears aud tho ears begin to set Professor Cook who
has analysed cnsilagc from dozen ocalte
POnpon prOdne Of tie irst quality, and thinks
the various devices here USED Layo reduced tie system
state approaching perfection. All the experts pres
cut were CONVINCED tlat the new process would work
something Ike revolution IN DAIRY farming ami stock
rails ng whcn will be readily believed when s
eed that more than 80 600 go tons Of hay are now
country Though our long Northern winters