New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-26
THE MERITS OF ENSILAGE.
orooyn nav OF THE CONFERENCE.
WHAT THE ADVOCATES OF THE SYSTEM SAY of HE
COST AND THE RESULTS

SECOND DAY lIL NC~'i i%''h~'NAN'
WHAT THE ADVOCATES OF THE SYSTEM SAY OF THE
COST AND THE RESULTS
Among the attendants on the Ensllage Coh-
sreas at No SIS Beekman-st yesterday were LIE oranu
p Cannon and Orlando 3. Potter who have pracuseo
the new system Of feeding their extensive larms near
burlington. VT and near Sing Sing N. Y. 1t was the
ononreed purpose of Mr. Brown who is the practicsl
conductor of the congress- TO Introduce greater prae'
into the discussions by putting questions touen
ing the system and having them answered by aineroV
delegates Finding Mr.. Cannon and MI fo.'e,
in the room, however, ne nrso ~,
them 20 give their experiences in general way 1hey
old so; number OF farmers began to ask ques"one
corning statements made by them and very soo Vn0
eussion had become general, on the preceding may
II was not until the afternoon session that the quon
sent TO the secretary by different persons "oio
for answer Tie attendance was over one hui'"eu
Mr. Cannon said that his experience Win e"sine ,,
limited and was confined exclusively to fatenihS cAVo
With view TO determine the relative eoono"' trSt
OF epsilage and hay, he last year pouSuV
herd Of ninety shorFnoih 80
and separated them into three groups Inc nS' eO~P
ne treated AZ the average New England ieriner "o"
b,s Cattle IN the winter turned them into tne yaru
with omen sheIter and fed them daily twenty pounus "
chad bay and three 30 nds of grain The second lou
he kept in stanehons and fed them twenty pounds OF
hay and one peck OF mangels' Ihe Viliu
lot we're also kept In stanchions anu ieu
on ensiage with three pounds OF grain Ike weisueu III
the fodder and also weighed the animals once month
Assuming the cost OF nav to be 80 ton and the cost
NJ 81 more be found that the relative cost OF
feeding rAe three lots was as follows FOR six months
First lot $40 90 second lot $23 40 third lot ia 4V
the enslags being counted at cents day. the econ
omy Of ensage over hay was 81 so, or 20 per cent
OF ensage hay aud roots, 50 or 80 per cent Inc
cain in weight of tire animals First loo, per cent
second lot GIG per ceut; third lot Tx per cent me
gain in quality about equal in the second ana trd
los he sold both for scents pound ON foot at the
farm for export the first lot he could not get an
offer above The total gain In favor Oh ensase
was 51io per cent
Mr. Potter said that his experience during the last
wear as before had that the yielded more and
were in better condition when fed ensage than when
fed in the old way. He had last year tried one expert
ment following suggestion Of NJ GOHsrt, which was
TO have from 10 % per cent OF old hay cut up Win
the corn and put the slo. He found that when more
than 10 per put in the quality or ensilage was
injured Next year ne would Rt N ye y Was no
benefited by It, He had found that pits below the sur
He was also nvinced tat best and cheapest cover
ing for silo earth, patag It on over Jew inches
inches ia depth would suffice IN reply questions Mr.
Potter stated that eDsa of two years standing was a.
od "a OF one and lac would feed IL AZ long as u
lasted As to the relative value OF green corn ana corn
onsage Mr. Poster said he had formerly h soed ou n
,So In saS 0 sey and sS % them
cease s eid and Gave them "ensageG corn and lad
haI ne trouble since Hereafter bo would pass al MS
corn. as far as possible, through the sllo
a iarIner suggested thar this new idea He had
reyer known OF injury 10 cattle nom eating Srceh
truck" ana had iodha thaS ~ always i'0-""e0" ''
TIE Rev Dr. ormston said that forty.hve years ago.
when ne was ON MS fathsrs farm Scotland TIE
custom to feed the cattle the outside k2le blades WIN
more or less injury, shown by their securing ar
ference should preserved between perennial grasses
and ANNALS like corn ana grain me IorsT were eas
able at time, but the after must DE matureu De oe
TREY were healthy. IL was she same 20 ieeo catue
Young corn feed chlldren green apples physicians
In this city had that muca OF the sickness IN
eiren due 10 the immature fodder FED by farmers
Joha b. Kennedy described his IN weighing his
allie by Dr. Baileys pSu He Used horses ~ PACK IL,
startins them GU outside edge and working toward
the centre. When they came 70 tranphng uown tne
The cost 10 him of raising 500 tons OF corn ensilage
forty estimating the quantity on basis Oh MY
paunds 10 the cubic foot aud packing it, - 80 10
per ton, and he spent ~ 1s Tor phosphates wch nc
Mr. Potter said that one great advantage in feeding
clover ensiage It would BOT sour s1d calves
beginning eat IL when they lett pasture Wouu con-
time grow fast as they had In tie pasture kept
W. H. Irueslow who put up l,4Oo tons of enslage on
the late samuel Rening toms farm at Cazenoyia N T.,
said that sorghum made good ensilage bat the rnd was
and sharp thai cattle lett great ucal OF ~
He rad tried everything and found nothing equal 70
corn His experience taught him that silos ought
TO be filed and that usually too mneh pressure
Was used The great thing the corn when In
the ris6t caDdition and this thought 20 be when
roasting ears formed IL was great ault 10 cut
too reen other speakers told OF having succeeded In
getting fair ensilage from stalks even after glaze
had the ear. ~
r. P. Benedict. Of Staten Island answered the
TKBrxEs that roots be grown instead OF en-
sage by saying that last he bad eaten POTATOES
grown In Ireland urnlps grown IN Scotland anu CAP
Before adjournment the eongress adopted resolutions
expressing TO NJ GohaTt appreciation OF the system o.
epsi recommending the farmers OF the United
States adoption the cheapest and best
method OF preserving fodder crops also thankug D. D.
secretary Francis Morris chairman 10 dIa
plan for permanent organization and submit IL IN pfnL