Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-23
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The Ensiiagc Congress.

The second Ensiago Congress in
New York city, was presided over
by Mr.. Francis Morris. of Bati-
more, the first man to build fodder pit
in tins country. \ bust was unveiled of
Augusto Goifurt, the inventor of the en-
silage system. Specimens were exhibit
ed OF fodder preserved in silos, and of
butter prepared from the cream obtained
from cows fed by this kind Of material
Alfred a. Reid, n farmer living near Pro-
violence, II. l., said that his cows. calves.
steers and working oxen had steadily i'm
proved while feeding OIL ensilagc. From
flour acres of land. he said, he had taken
66 tons and 127 pounds of corn. This
was raised aud placed in the silo at an cx-
pensc of S22s.3l making the cnsilagc
cost 81. per ton. He had cnsilaged Glow
er, rye and grasses, as well as corn. but
his experience was that corn made the
best ensilagc.
Rov DIR. Ormiston gave some of his
experiences on his farm ut Whitby, on
Lake Ontario, and discussion followed
as to whether wooden silUs were as good
as stone or concrete ones, and several per-
sons stated that they had succeeded very
well with those Of wood.
| Mr.. Reid said that in one of his silos
he used four screws to obtain the proper
pressure, and i'll the other he used L., $50
pounds Of stone, which was equal to
about G6 l5s-1000 pounds to the square
foot. He found tins pressure to be about
what was required TO secure good ensil-
age.
Mr.. j. Y. Smith, of Doyleston, Penn,
said II have made butter for 6, cents
per pound which my housekeeper has had
the impudencr to sell to you city folks
for 81 cents per pound, and for one cent
| can fill quart pail with milk and still
have profit. That this could be done
was ascribed to the benefit of cnsilagc. "
Mr.. j. W. Walcott of the Hotel Ven
dome, Boston, who owns large farm
said that the entire cost Of his enslage,
with which he fed lOi cows, was but little
over two dollars per ton. He sold one
thousand pounds of cnsilage butter Il
week, and received sixty-iive cents Il
pound for it. Continuing, he added "A
silo that you can fill Ill day is the most
convenient size. The sooner you can fill
1t and weigh 1t, the better your ensllage
will be. The only thing required is con-
tinuous pressure | believe that Il pile Of
corn in the open air cln be perfectly pre-
served if weight enough is placed on the
top to expel the oxygen"
Mr.. Morris, the president, said he had
always used earth silos, and any farmer
could make them by simply Digging pit,
filling it with fodder and covering it with
two or three feet OF earth This was the
best silo, because leas; expensive
AS to the cost OF producing ensilage
there was some discussion, and the esti-
mates differed widely. One man found
that It cost him So, Is per ton, another
that it cost little less than 2j, and n
third declared that lac raised and packed
4l5 tons at an average cost of $l.iO per
ton
The Tribune is sarcastic about the far
mers extreme views on the advantage of
compressed fodder and SAYS 1.-The
faith that was exhibited in the qualities
of ensilage bordercd on the sublime OF
ridiculous. One hiuist, most of whose
live stock, a horse and II mule, died after
a winters diet on the seductive product
of the pit, declared that his belief Ill the
most advanced sauyrkrnut creel was un-
changed