New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-27
HOW TO PRESERVE ENsILAGE.

Tbera was smaller attendance at the second
DAVIS session of the EnSage Congress tnan 3' we
fully rs great Francis Morris of Maryland, pre-
sided at the meeting. discussion wa hrSt had on
the amount Of pressure needed on top OF 'He SiiS 10
preserve the ensilaCe. lctcr was read rom SEN
ator Warner Miller, who thought that the weight OF
200 or 250 pounds 10 the square foot wren had
been considered necessary, was erea'cI lnai ~
reonired lie suggested that much heavy Iapor
world he saved if a less weight could nc maoe 20
answer. j. Y. Smith, Of Doylestown, rem, said
that he had covered his sl'Os WIN D'UkGl SHHe "
the dcpth of about foot 10 1901 ana nan anu
fhouOht the greater thickness was Desirable A. A.
Reed, of Warwick. \. J.. had tired tue construction
of sllos with walls of c0ncictednu ol sum- dnu Ply
ferred those of stone preserving the eholagc the
The discussion of the subject, How to feed eoS-
lager was opened by the reading OF eller rom r.
lac cnmn"ssd of three parts of corn and one of
millctt His silO holding 1872 tons OF corn ana ~
az millctt had n pressure of from % to ~ pounds
In the sonarc foot the larger weight being cOnsld-
cred the best. NJ. WashbGrne lad fed hfty mead OF
cattle a an average cost Of 13 l-3 cents Day ana
the returns in milk had been greater tlan ever pG-
fore at ,he same time of the rear lie I9nna L14cn
less waste of material than in the use OF drY 1oIie
His silo holding $40 tons cost Sl6o a ihuch esS y
amount than a bavu holding the same amount Vi
CIV. Mills, of Po'npton, Nj, gave his experience
in feeding ensilaFe 10 horses ho saiu riE Z
had large number of horses fed % cllSiIage eAcu-
siycIy. But lest whole stab!ctu Of horses,
seven of them last year, and rave heard OF 'helr
loss "a being cauged by the feed -, they had not
touchcd ensilage FOR six months lhcIr ioNS was
cansed NV one Of nv men who TOOK one Of the horses
10 car stable where it got the MALIGNANT dlphthe-
ria and communicated tins to the Others IN the
same stable The horses outside. who had all Deeh
fed on ensi!ace are ali alive now.
& Iette, was read from Or. ". Il. Eager, Of Ne
braska giving the cost OF raising his corn for enSl-
LACE as % cents ton and G7 cents for cutting ana
packing making % cents for the whole expense
while the cost Of reaping and stacking DRY loddeI
was II 10 a ton. {. ". NalC"tt, OF D,Slon, stlu
that he had kent an exact account of the cost OF
yaiinc corn pusaCe for two years. lie had planted
tbrtv four acres of corn. On one lot of four acres
Cabbapes had been planted ~ the spring 0i lANo
cnrn in the SIMMER rye in September corn III the
spring of 1851 and rye again ~ HePtehpcI' hialh3
five crops ii two years. Inc IL cIdSc CtuP u COZ
10 tie acre was 10 ID tons. The cost OF raising the
cron was - ii a ton. and it cost "A cents ton t.
mt il in the slO, ma king a to'al cost OF - %
ION Mr. Reed emphasized the necessity of exact
trnres m giving the results of raising fodder. Or
lando C. Potter told how his iifty-six cows, W hich
had nrodn,cd fifteen cans of milk when fed on
enslare had fallen to eleven cans when pul
uUou Grass in the summer. His system OF
nreSorync was peculiar in that he aid not subject
ali his enslage TO direct pressure lie had twenty
three pits. most OF which were flied up from tho
sida4 and the com wlS pressed III very close hlluG
the nit completely; and the sides were then bTckcd
mn He believed the system TO he great one, anu
had fouud three things to 1e advantageous IN re-
gard to eneiagc There should be perfect isolation
from the air, ev'n, cool temperature ana my
turr OF crops After other Speeches the Key. Or
Ornstou made humorous speech ON the SUBJECT %
Agriculture, which ne had practlsed as boy an,
of which he had been q professor alter leaving col
legr. On motion of j. b. Brown, n resolution wa
adopt~d declaring that. by SIX years successful rs
in tiis country aud by til" testimony OF many intel
Upent farmers it has become established that Tn
ensilage system is of great advantage TO the farming
interest The congress then adjourned