The daily gazette., 1882-01-28
The EnaiInwa Conrrons.

Inc Gn5llago OOuRfob5 WHICH naS
been in session In New YORK city for
Two DAYS, was very well at tssnded BY
tsrmers from different parts oil the coun-
|ry. Ensilaxe is the mstnod OF prsserv-
Eug green crops In pits called silos. It
was first practiced In France by Au-
Kuste Gotta Ia 1878 The first 10 try
IL on lirEe scale In this country were
the Hon. Oilaudo b. Potter Of New
York, In 1915, and Mr.. Fiancis Morris
pr Mar land, who commenced In 1877.
Il Is claimed that there are enormous
b ivantages IN this method OF preserving
Drope, not Only In the curing, but In th o
Lncrea'ed value of the product as food,
because crops may be gathered In any
wea her, put away without drying, aud
all the succulent and nutritious jaioes Of
the food are preserved. Although the
process ID yet in q comparatively exper.
imentAl age, ii has attract ID muoh at
tentiOn irom the farmers throughout the
country.
The sour aud fermented smell Of the
samples of fodder caused general re-
ma X. 1t wa asked II the fumes were
not irtOxloat,ug. Mr.. Reed said he had
noticed ons Ca.e where q calf tai a.
pesred 10 be made unconscious by tine
vapor frem the freshly dIsinter, cd fod-
der, ID appearance the crops which
had been preserved BY ems lAge were
about Aa green a. when they wtrs cut
M. y. w. Mil of PomptOn, N. j.,
gave long statement and submitted to
a protraoted eross-q on the
sutj SGT OF an independent discovery
Whlch he elatms to have male in 1879,
which makes the process OF ensilage
cheaper tnan before. He abolishes al
together the expensive pits built OF
stone or brick and lined with cement,
the cost Of which has frightened many
farmers. lie cl aims tnat all tnat 10
aooSss..sg 10 tina. thsra Hh.-li ~ sttNtar
wooden frame, not necessarily air tight,
TO prevent the spread OF the ensil sgs
crop when tue weight Is pl iced on top.
He has built silos and used them, but
.aYs he will never build another, be-
cause they are unnecessary. He esti-
mates that he puts on about 3O0 pounds
pressure to the square foot. This Is ap-
piled on tJP of blocks Of wood about
four feet square. When he wants to
take out his crop he takes of one block
aud cuts out that mu3h in q solid chunk.
lie says the pressure is sufficient to keep
tho air out OF the side o OF tue crop, aud
u at the product Is kept even bette than
in the sllos, where IL IL too often bruised
and TAFT red until the sucoulsBt Juices
depart aud ars repla ,ed by useless and
harmful bubbles OF air. His theory is
that of uniform ana continuous pref
sure He SAID he could sustain eighty
milking animal, six weeks on the pro-
dust OF five acres. His p!au was TO get
1t into the sil0s quickly and cover 1t i'm
mediately. He led his aulmals three
quarts of grain q day aud thirty pounds
of ensilage food. He planted his corn IN
hedges about thir y-two inches apart,
putting IN forty or fifty kernels instead
Of i've OF six, q usual. The growth was
| nrinatnalfu Lra nj IA
hardly any ears, and splsndid food that
cOull be cut very green. He had used
an old-fashloned mower to cut the crop
| from the field. lie estimated the cost of
| harvesting at seventy cents ton, but
said he wouIt rather have one ton of
tb lat crop than ton of the best hay.
He estimated that he had raised 200 tons
ON twelve acres. Upon being ques-
| toned, he admitted that he had neither
measured the product nor the laudI but
he protested that his st'mates were a.
X curate. When his crops were cut .
corn was perfectly green at the top. He
spoke with emphasis against feeding
any uDr!pe product, and tor that r a1on
| opposed raising ears of cOrn to be cut
Rreen. Such unripe food, he said, Was
poisonous. Even clover wa', In his
II opinion, poisonous to cattle II cut before
1t blossomed. The corn he favored most
was Southern horse-tooth corn. DE was
careful to get seed from one locality SO
that 1t would all ripen together. he
spoke of the necessity of keeping the
surface of the ground brekeD, SO that
when ran fell It would soak IN, aad not
evaporate, aking the best OF manure
| with {. Unaer q fire Of cross quest ons,
| lie described his method OF putting
| weights on his crops In eneilage, aud
said thai the great principls was to keep
the air excluded.