Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-01-28

long anu lctt uctp OUT Oi stone, costing
800. The fodder or ''ensiage,' as it is
called, moulded some, but the stock liked it
we'll The sides and bottom should be ce-
mented. About one-thiri Under ground.
Exhibited specimen Of this fodder which
is simply fodder corn, cut up in machine
very fine and packed down hard imme-
| diatcly. The specimen shown is some
what dark in color and smells little
acid. The cows do remarkably well on
this fodder and give milk more than
is usual. Now keeps twenty seven head
of stock. Feeds one hundred pounds of
meal and bran mixed with $50 pounds of
\ hay and go pounds cnsilage lie has at
tended his stock himself and docs not find
the work very hard. Used Gray horse
power and No II Baldwin feed cutter for
cutting the corn fodder. Put the ensilagc,
hay and meal in layers, sprinkled with wa
ter and mixed together some twelve hours
before feeding. Likes this mixture better
than feeding either separate. Cost $40 to
put 70 tons of ensilage in the silo. Will
weigh about IS pounds per cubic foot when
taken out Planted Bloun,'s prolific and
Southern white for seed and likes tl;c best.
On good land can raise a5 tons of green fod-
| der to the acre, and has raised 30 tons. Cut
the corn when it is commencing to tassel.
Intends to plant another spring early, to fill
|
to fill a second Would plant % inches apart
and three kernels to the foot. Uses a corn
planter and 4 Thomas smoothing harrow in
cultiyating, which makes the labor very
light Finds 40 pounds sufficient for COW
q day when fed alone. Corn last year plant
ed June -, and the growth was enormous.
| The main thing in constructing a silo is to
make it ar-tight. The Captain was very in
terestlng in his talk and kept his hearers in
the best of humor. lie invited all 10 come
and see for themselves what lie is doing
He feeds one bushel of ensilage and 10pounds
of meal TO five shoata or pigs, d day, through
the Winter. The pigs Ike it well and thrive
| on this novel food The butter made In
Winter on tn. mixture named ia Of good
quality and color, and commands excellent
| prices Cows common stock mostly The
ensilace must he pressed down very hard
| and covered with blanks on which stones
| and weights are placed to prevent fermenta-
tion. Is satisfied that This process enhances
the value-doubics it, he says-of the fodder
| 81 treated Does not think i. will cost one
dollar per ton to raise the crop and put it in
silo. At this point the Captain was Obliged
to leave and the subject was further discuss
| ed by other gentlemen present.
Mr.. W. n. johnson rave ,iescription of
A .ilo. and the cagerness with which stoc; of
nil kinds consumed the preserved fodder.
The past wear many OF these structures have
been built. Thinks We must make allow
ance for some of the stories that are told, but
experience will fully determine its value
Believes that other crops. as rye clover. etc,
will be treated successfully in this way
Silos need not he too expensive. By this
process the amount Of stock kent on farm
can be greatly increased.
Succeeding this discussion Mr.. George W.
Whitney of Willis,on read n paper on Ex
periments in Feeding Cows. The results of
these experiments were very satisfactory and
nroyed conclusivcly the yaIne of extra feed
! for the proIuction of butter
Some discussion followed The stock.
with the execution Of one heifer which was
mart Jersey were natives Thinks n small
rran,i,v of sour milk ia cood and would
nvn a v,r;etv of fo,I WnuIJ feed some
milk alonT with meal yy,uld not feed hray
;lv with onv kind of gr,;n ar other food Int
wonld have a yarirIv. Since October the
! feed has hecn ronnos,d cf corn and harley
qround torcth,.r Iil,rs mi, miy,ure very
much for buttcr some ,I;seussion followed
of which we could moi mai, an adennate re-
mort q A Cr,mntnn foods n COW well
! hotter sbn ia fed thr hctter she will do. does
moi th;nt , cow viii In, o,.iIv injured with
iir,, f.oJ;n,, Id. ,rro;n al snn1mor and
! ha, f,r ,non,. ,.oor, aiI Ii,Is .,J hoo rad
M trouble win his coys Lies n chance
nf fo1d FecJs in cnlJ weather one half
corn mco, and onc.baIf wheat bran in spm-
NOR coarse ,r;JIIirra Would feed two
anarts dov of co,t,, socI mral hut
woulJ mix viii hr,n dn.- not thin,; This
,,non,;tv will ;ni,ro =, c,T,,s r,;Ik onJ would
nn, hc afraid ~ Tod tv;ce as mrrh a w
| Checver cav his evnariorcc with feeding
COTTON seed meal DOES not think his feed
will iniure the fl ,,y of mil. If RICHLY fed
Aiins 10 heei, MS cows rs wen as nc '"n
go to extremes. In changing from one kind
! of feed TO another does not detect much diff
ference in quantity, not 50 much as change
OF water will make. Feeds two quarts oil
cotton seed per day, although nelghoor
gives double the amount, but 1t was with
bog hay. This produced good results, and
thinks it is better To feed with the poorer
kinds of fodder than with fine early cut hay,
rs the constituents OF the two last are too
much alike. Is not feeding lay this win
ter, hut uses straw, cut early, millet, etc,
along with wheat bran, cotton seed and corn
meal. and finds these fools produce excel