The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-01-13

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The pit !. oiled and then covered
closely with tsatds placing there
on heavy weights ~ bold them in
The proper position II IL said that
food thus prepared will retain iis
freshness and sweetness a whole
year, being liked better by stock
than oven the best Of hay The
ensilage system has bconi satisfac.
iorily tried at The A & NJ College
Of this State, and n number Of far.
mere have experimental on a small
scale with the same result in every
case, One great advantage Of On
silage over hay Is that 50 much
more Of the former can be pro
duced on the same quantity Of land.
The editors attention was directed
to this subject by an article in the
Atlanta Constitution, written by a
correspondent who had interviewed
Mr.. A. j. 0rmc, n progressive far.
mel who had adopted the system
In question. He thus sums up the
result Of his experience, and we
think our farmers will find IL in
tcrcsting and instructive reading :
"The following positions seem to
be established
That two tons Of cnsilage is
worth one ton Of hay.
That fifteen tons Of ensilagc nav
be relied on from an acre TINT
would produce three tons Of hay,
and that the chances are it will
produce from twenty 10 forty tons,
or in money value, from three TO
six times as much US it would pro.
duce in hay.
That II Is less trouble and cost
to pit the forage than IL il TO cure
1t, and very much less risk.
That the silo system protects
from dronth and saves surely cur
best forage drops, corr forage and
pea vines, otherwise subject TO
dronth and loss in curing.
That cows thrive on c%nsilapc,
and that IL produces n freer flow Of
milk than hay, and makes a richer
milk.
That IL may be safely fed to work
horses and mules.
That the cost Of producing ensi-
lage ready for the stock, including
seed, manure, planting, tilling, cut.
ting and storage, ranges from sew
enty cents TO s2.25 a ton. These
are the extreme prices in perhaps
one hundred experiments from
North Carolina 10 Nova Scotia, re.
ports Of which are before me.
That from two and n half 10 six
times as many cows can be fed
from the same land and at the same
cost by ensilaging as by haying.
That a silo pit ought TO be bull,
with over ten tons and under tive
hundred tons capacity, for about
s2.2o per ton cost. Over two hun.
dred tons at less than 81 a ton. II
costs nothing IN keep it, and il is 4
permanent improvement"