Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-14
EnslIage-SilO.

10 Kossuth, have done tlemselv
honor and appeased the Gods
laying their good will offerings on Il
affairs Of Agriculture, says Freedl'
in his treatise on business So-yor
correspondent being one ofAgriculture
humble votaries, who lately sang fl
the preservation of the woods and tree
comes this time with his good wi
Offering Of Ensilage and to sing the son
Of the Silo
And what is ensilage? And what
Silo? many will ask Both words al
nouns, and a. TO their origin | am not d
get thoroughly posted possibly the
are French; certain it is that the system
"f thsilage is claimed 10 have first bee
discovered by "A Frenchman by tn
name Of Augustis tioffart.
| You will not find the word ensilag
in either Webster or Worcester; botl
dictionaries give the same definition fo
the word silo, "a pit or subterraneou
repository for grain, not quite correct
for it is not the grain but the stalk tha
is stored away.
The system Of ensilage is the preser
walton of green corn, fodder, green Glove
or rye by means Of pressure III air tigh
vanlts or pits called silos, atiordinl
those who practice il, cheap, whole
some and nutritious food for thei
stock
Last summer year your cOrrcspOn
dent got his courage screwed up to thu
pitch Of building a silo; digging some
eight feet Of the earth out from space
about eighteen feet long and about ten
feet wide, he built himself IA vault sur
rounded with concrete walls averaging
ten inches in thickness not getting it
finished in time that season he had to
delay ill the past one, faith still grow
ing stronger meanwhile. Last Septem-
b"r ! placed in my silO corn fodder
grown tor the purpose 10 the amount
say - tons by the by, the capacity
OF my SiI", proportioning with others is
50 tons
For pressure TO exclude the air, used
barrels of stone, about 100 lbs, to the
square foot. Having never seen a sio
in my life before, l built my own, and
not being perfectly acquainted with the
exact nature Of the ensilage, when TAX
en- ont, after pressure had ceased, and
it was considered ready for feeding,
you can hardly realize my feelings as
hoiSted the first row of barrels OFF a
section and grabbing IA handful of the
pressed fodder walked to the yard to
witness how greediIy my tavorite COW
gobblrd ii out Of sight.
Since that date | have been feeling
my way and watching the effects OF the
feeding with ensilage, ana have arrived
at some definite conclusions. lst, my
COWS are always hungry for heir rations
If rnsilagr; 2nd,it keeps up the yield Of
milk 3rt, richness has been added to
he cream, good butter Of course natur-
lily following.
My experience has been similar to
hat of the Rev. VIM. Ormiston, who |
'elated his at the Ensilage Congress
atcly held in New York City. Gwen
he most intelligent of his friends"
ayS br. ornliston, laughed at him,
Wien he proposed to" experiment with
nSllag", uAt he had faith in the system
md had gone on III spite Of the laugh.
Speaking of the Ensilagr Congress,
was a gathering Of practical farmers,
nd read with interest synopsis Of the
rorerdiuy> in the Chicago Tribune of
aIuary 29th.
After ones own success, 1t is refresh
NJ I" read rcNpcrienCc Of others.
Mr.. j. N. Brown, the Secretary Of the
says
The system Of ensiage is destined to
g the salvation Of eastern farmers,
nj your correspondent might add,
alculatrd to bring about quite IA rcvo-
ltion in feeding generally.
Mr. J. Y. Smith, of Doylcstown, Pa,
lid, II have made butter for 81. cent,
pound, which my housckcper has had
le impudence to sell to You at 5pcrcent. I
er pound.
Mr.. J.'W. Walcott, who owns large ;
rm near Boston, and IL hotel in that
1y. said, "That the entire cost Of his .
lslage, which he fed to 1O4 cows was
little over s. per ton; he sold | 900
'nnis Of ensilage butter per week, and
'ccivcd G5 cents per pound for it,.
With these few remarks coupled with
e extracts, extend kind invitation
'all who are interested, to visit my }
10. They say "the proof Of the pud.
ny is i'll III" eating Of it" Seeing my {
"ck enjoying their rations.of cnsiagr d
i'll be proof enough in that direction
Respectfully, WIN. B. JACKSON. a