Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-09
AGRICULTURAL.
SfiOs and Ensilagc.--Thc Experience of
some Vermont FARMERS.

S'os anu Ensliagc.--Ihc Experience o
some vermont Farmers.
One side of my barn consists of bav
~ feet deep, II feet wide and 60 feet long
l lowered the bottom so as tc make m,
silo about rs feet deep, and took about ii
feet of the bay this / double-boarled
mailing thoroughly, that it be as nearly
alr-tlght as possible the bottom ce.
mented about one inch thick. threw
out the ensilage, load on to n wheelbar.
row and wheel to the stable, few feet
away give my cows about one bushel
tshaken up to feed, morning and night.
with dry feed at noon. [ use stone for
weight. about 1000 pounds to the square
yard. Iplanted two acres of corn after
1T was ripe | plucked the ears, throwing
them to the ground at my right or left as
the case might be, SO as to put the corn
OF 1our rows into one row after being
picked. i then cut the corn, having two
teams to draw to the barn. The remain.
der OF my crop was corn and clover sowed
corn broadcast, narrowed in and stocked
down; about one-third clover, second
crop, mixed in as it was cut. | have this
year anly about 30 tons: next wear. I
shall put in about 200. NY cows nearly
doubled i'll milk flow after being fed
about n week we consider the butter as
good as that made from hay and meal. [
consider II worth one-half as much per
ton os prime timothy hay. raise from
10 10 20 tons per acre. Sheep thrive well
and do better fed upon cnsilnge than any
other iced. Pigs will thrive well on two
leeds IL, per day OF ensilage with little grain.
Inc cost OF ming my sllo 80 tons was
iot over S2o could hardly farm with
OUT siio consider ensilage, to GER
tam extent, the most profitable crop a
i"rmer cal raise. ). c. kIMBALL.
Albany, VI.
In May, 1881, we planted nine acres of
corn ana IN August built silo ID by "a
leet, made OF common flat stone. The
Wnii IL ~ leet hlSh, with cemented sides
siues ana bottom, with one-roof shed
on tlle top, OF 5 and II feet posts. TWAS
poaried outside with rough boards and
sileatheu up inside with matched boards.
Onr stable is in the basement, and the
silo Is SIX feet from the cows heads. The
wall Is four feet below the stable floor and
SIX leet above. The cost of the silo was
S2oo. l kept no exact account of the |
cost OF raising the corn. The crop of
1851 was three acres of the large eight
iN"'u .oiH, ioul ucIes Oh IOrse-tOOtn |
corn and two acres of Sanford. We pick |
ed the ears of the common kind and cut
the fodder in the silo il was done in six
days at cost of Sl3 per day. The silo |
was built about two feet above the top of
the wall, and was well trodden by n horse
while beng cut and filled. After being
weighted with cobble stones at the rate of |
LOO pounds to the square yard it settled
down TO the top of the wall and made
about 100 tons Of ensilage. We fed on |
half rations of ensilaGe and half hay to .
the cows, and half ensilage and half straw
to colts. 1t greatly increased the quanti-
ty of milk while fed with meal, and less
meal than formerly it increased both |
quality ana quantity and made good but
ter We fed 1t to every animal on the
farm all liked it, and all did well on it.
l never saw sucking colts and calves make
such growth, and sheep thrived well. We
have not tried it on working animals
should think 1t would be too soft feed for
them, and | should think it safe to say
That one-half to two-thirds rations of en-
Stage are the best feed for any kind of
stock except working stock it keeps
oUn aieeh ana pump eating 'neir ratiohs
Sttlil W ne SiillSlltu.