Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29
EE PRESS FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 80, 1881.

riM an anaiYaj% ot fordgc dri,d IN Hc |
fcid
1t is because they have hot taken into |
consideration the loss which cnsues while |
they are driving samples for analysis that |
they can give no good reason why it is,
that i'll practice the animals thrive SO
much better upun the same amount Of |
forage which has been dried they find |
by ANALYSIS no great difference between |
green grass and wellcured hay, and |
therefore assume that there is none
They assume that the reason why it |
takes less amounted Ensilage To nourish |
an animal than it does of green forage /
fresh from the field is because the Eusil- |
age has lost a part of its water while " |
ing i'll the Sllo, Ignorin. the .fdct that III |
properly constructed Silos it docs not lose |
any weight. This is proven in three ways |
by me; first, the plank covering is al |
ways dry small wedges inserted between |
the plank do not become any tighter |
showing that the planks do not swell ; |
secondly, when the temperature is 20 /
below zero there is no signs of frost |
around the cracks between the plank cog
ering. which would certainly be manifest
| were there any cooperating gong on ;
!
into the Silu and weighed 1t out and find
that there is a loss Of not exceeding one
per cent. which is easily accounted for
by evaporation while the forage is being
cut and put into the Silo. When they
accept this fact they will then, perhaps,
he able to show that TO lbs. of Ensilage
is equal in feeding value to l0Oto IN lbs.
of fresh rom-todicr on account OF some
| rIea Ia 90 4,
into grape sugar by the action of acetic
acid
| The true test is, will the cattle cat and
| My experiments thus far satisfy me
that the value Of corn-fodier ~ doubled
by the sottcning and fermentlve process
which it undergoes in the Silos that two
tons of it are worth more to feed than
four tons Of cnrn-foal!cr fresh from the
| nelas, OF one t"l Oh pcst tllo'hN nay.
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THE NtTRlllfE VALUE OF EN7lLAIE-
That it il highly nutritious food is
proven by the fact that my cows, fed
upon it during the winter, brought me
very fine large, strong calves,-upon
their feet and sucking almost as soon as
dropped. My Vermont Merino ewes
sheared upon IN average 9pounds OF wool,
which | sold for 20 cent? 4 pound ut
home. rhey also brought fine, strong,
vigorous lambs. The lambs were sired,
part ui men, y Pulu N Ossa.I = i".n,
ran, Tb.v we:rbed rbe, horn from i
to II. pounds each. Some of the Mcri-
no ewes bore twins weighing Il, pounds.
NV Cotswold ewes did equally well,
bringing lambs weighing from 10 to 10!
pounds each when born.
Some of my Cotswold ewes sheared as
high as IL pounds of wool The whole
flock averaged IL pounds ounces
My Oxford downs averaged over II
pounds OF wool each The weight of
lambs and of iieeces given above proves
that no food could be better for sheep. |
have never seen young cattle and calves
grow MS rapidly in summer upon good
pasture rs they do IN winter IN "a warm
stable and led upon Ensilage and oil
meal. The mixture is easy to digest
the animal does not have to work for it
there are no flies to annoy; there is moth
lug to do but to grow.
believe colts can le brought forward
to maturity in less than two-thirds Of the
time required to raise them Vpop summer
pasture amt the usual winter food, and ut
less than onc-half the cost, if fed upon
corn. millet and clover or field peas Gu
alleged together
-. 1880. ,.....,. ,.
Iihop vi '''-p' ',,' VA, ~A''A "'''' '
~ VIZ
In the fall of 1879 had three yearling
steers come down from New Hampshire,
where they had been at pasture, ''spring
poor" as the saying is,-grade Jerseys
and n native They were very thn,-so
reduced in flesh that | thought it very
doubtful about their living through the
| winter. From their return, Oct 10 until
Dec. 3. | tried, with the best of hay,
roots. and grain. to make them gain, but
with no perccptible success. On Deem
Der Sd | commenced to feed them with
Ensilage and a small quantity of wheat
shorts and oi-meal. gradually in
creased the ration. feeding no more than
they would eat ND clean. They soon he
gan to gain their hair looked better
they handled better. Tho Improvement,
at first slow. rapidly increased until, on
the ninth day Of March, | sold them for
beef ITpon being slaughtered the next
d,v they dressed | 1856 pounds.
On the 18th of October, 1880, | opened
nv Silo. which was filled the preceding
month The Ensiiage WAS found to be
Pcr,c''i! w. -, s. tt.a
"'h S'''' '''A -,
packed in the Silo in younger aud more
succulent stage
NV method of feeding is as follows
remove from the Silo 5U pounds Of En-
silage (about ouc cubic FOOT for each
grown animal ,iuIy. mixing one-pound of
oil-meal and wheat bran to every 10
pounds of Emsilrgr | have II large box
standing upon the barn floor, in which |
mix it and let it stand about twenty
hours before feeding. by that time it is
quite warm the grain addition has had
time to become soft, and its digestibility
is undoubtedly increased to n greater de
| gree There IL in every 80 pounds of En-