New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-26
ENSILAGE AS FOOD FOR CATTLE.

Ahont hundred practical farmers, scientific az
ricuturists and "gcnieman iaruiers -dln 81
No So Borkman-St.. yesterday, IN response L" an III
vitation from !. b. Brown, president OF tie New
York Pow Company, TO discuss subjects cJnHeCISd
with the Use of eusIlag' as 1901 ioi rati ne
system of cnSiagc as explained IL pam lhlet lllt
was handed to the members of the cnSiinE' con-
cress consists in cutting the green stalks al corn
aud other grains and comprising mem Uiiei
heavy weights in pits called "SiloS, 50 that
The air is entirely excluded. The mass TINS Sob-
iected 10 pressure viii keep On indefinite length OF
time and the fodder thus preserved Is ioIu 10 m
highly Tclished by cattle, ana 10 iuIhlsh FIcIlti
nourisbmcnt Than dry food. Among nose WI" were
present nj the meeting were Era nclS NorIls; OF
MARYLAND of the first to use TINS knd OF lo"o III
his cOllntry Ex-Governor Price, or NcW-JeTSey /;
General SCHUYLER, of Hamilton County; Orlando s..
Potter OF this CITY; {. w. No'cott, OF lesion IQlo-
mel Warren of White Plains. Rev. DE-. Orm>tOn, Of
this city; WV. Merriam. of Somervlllc, y; j.; j. y.
Mbank, of COmecticut j.. J. smith, OF IjGEIcS
town, Penn; G. "; Mills, Of New-Jcr'cy 4. Mall
lard of san Rafael, Cal Edwin Alien, oi ~
stewart Stewart" N. C. Weld, D. d; l.. Moore
i II. Ecall. sccretary of the National ARrculi nral
Society: II. Il. Hurd and w. H. Field. Upon
tables in the room were various specimens OF en-
slage of rye corr and sorghum IL glass Jars having
n strong acid smell, the reverse OF peasant In"
curious farmers gathered around ana >ncileG 3'H
tasted o th, specimens to their apparent Natlsitc-
ton Samples of butter. E'ade IRON COWS led Oh Inc
ensIlag, were also submitted
The meeting was called 10 order 10y }. j. Brown,
who nominated Francis Morris, II MARY lahi as
cbairnan q Is Potter cx-GnvcrpOr Price and {.
W.
Brown acted secretary. The hiSt suDcct
Of discussion announced was: NEai az.
the most profitable crops 10 chSiaGef
The discussion Oh TINS aud the other subjects was
free and often assumed the nature % co i"Idy -
tween different men present \ letter was It'ti
from T. W Stuart, Of LakeVliie. Ere county rec
ommtndiug mixture OF VARIOUS grasses io' tn,
silage Orlando Is. Potter, who san mat ne had
been putting down cnSilagc since 1872 &siooJ lH't
81 was better 10 feed cattle with mixture IMAM VITA
one crop only Alfred A. Reed, of Rhote Island
described ms experiments with several COWS when
he had on grass corn enSiagc, hay ana sorghum Inc
Weight OF the cows increased under IL" met 81 corn
eusiagc and Their" was also slight increase IL the
weight of the m!lk gwen. - a.,
White described his me bod of cutting his crops ana
putting them IL his slloS Farmer van HoHiri' OF
RJckland County had an ldee that lhe way VI
cultlVaung that had been described was 900 1NpeN-
siye. and that the men WHO owned tIe tarmS on
which the experiments We're made old not make
them paw f. Wrigh, of Atlantic County, y. a.,
was not satisfied with the results OF t4e
WolcOtt of Boston, gave description OF
the methods in use on his extensive farm al
Canton, Mass The Rev. Ir. Ornlst9n sad that ne
had come INTO possession OF the family homestead
and waute to understand the principles OF tl>llagr
for application tn re. O.. r.. Potter thought
the cost of curing grass NaS double tal 81 pitpH,
inr II for the sln. g How 10 huiId and MI SlloN
was I Q next subject of discussion. The chairman
gave n description Of his -ilOs, which were con-
structed simply by building a sort OF trench mo
which the ensllagc was put ana llesStu uo"h Win
weights. &. ". Mills gave an account OF Inc ~ =
tom he used, the principle OF winch was ludt Tue
exclusion of air which III other systems was sought
by tightly closing the Nault, was Ill MS metHod
obtained by subectIug the gram TO steady, hcaNN
pressure. He would have a slIo built above ground
and constructed simply of boards, which might oven
be taken away, If necessary alter the pressure ",l
been applied. lie weighted the slic VITA boxes Oh
pressure per square foot was about 800 pounds.
The meeting adjourned until 10 a. III. to-day