New-York tribune., 1884-01-24
FARMERS IN COUNCIL.
DISCUSSING THE VALUE OF ENsILAGE.
IT'S EXPECT UPON HORSES AND CONDENSED MILK
HOW TO GET RID OF BACTERIA.

ITS EFFECT UPON HORSES AND CONDENSED MiLh-
HOW TO GET RID OF BACTERIA.
The third annual Ensilage Congress OF Aamer'caR an
farmers was held yesterday afternoon at NO: %
Beekmans The object OF the aRs"S INN xsaS by those
interested in the ensilage theory. NesitS r ~ rsrt
dred farmers present representing M ercy,tpra
;ntsrest On the table were numerous specmens
of ensilace including ensilaged corn, ana out'eT
from the milk ct1 of nTssasd and B. Brown in
whose Office the meeting was held' ac'cu "s '''i'
tary. - an, a 49, Mossacbnsetts
Agricultural College, discussed Oh acluy
in ensilage. He said in part;
chemical ANALYSIS has furnished results so diverse that
nS Sms fenents CLASSIFIED under headthe soluble
consumed in their aSd Snu
which been proved to BE- mSTSscOgc sss,
csra take the carbon from the ensisge and leave the
residuum to undergo chemical change The proDea 10
KIN ese @ MS Sy Of
10 m the the organisms double that
false theory that Oxygen be kept away from the
cag This mistake the more s SHSsea KS air 'hs s Uttered
by heat 50 exclude the germs All farmers bsn s9Oe tSe
keen accurate observations OF the I obsrrva
tions untii it removed, I'm order that deln'e rue o
"95n Professar s Miess statement about oxygen was
disputed by some of the members as contrary -
"A ranresentative was introduced from Theodore
Uavemever's farm at Mahwah, n. D., where ior
wear the cattle have been fed largely upon ehshage
1Ie said 49,. .,o,,nas ~,
ensiaee in the morning seven pounds OF hay az noon on
twenty pounds OF ensage az an one Of ground oats
Under this fodder the cattle have srown % ID wSga boye
been reduced from 81 40 ton when ensilaSe was no
fully adopted to 81 Horses are iSG o 31 haS res have
been experienced on the farm nom oVeIIeeuinS 'a'"0
An invitation was extended to the Congress TO
visit Mr. Hayemeyer's farm to-day, whic1 was
accented generally by the members: D.lo
Edward (iridley. a farmer IN WaSsalc, Dutchetss
COMMIT New-York described the difficulties OF tlie
ensloce farmers with the New-l0rk Condenseu
Mix Company In 1850 he said the rs' UmS1as
of wiI from the ensilag cows excited attention
from the Condensed Milk Company, to when IL was
furnished but no fault was found until FEBRUARY,
1ssa when Mr. Borden refused to receive enslIage
milk and then dec ned TO deal with farmers t'slle
ensilage for any of their cattle ne resuiH Iva maS
that of fifteen slOs in operation elgnt were QlscV
tnued hile the other seven ceased to furnish milk
TO the Borden Company. eod
DIR. W. ). Tanner, or the SAINT pl"HI; pI; hn saiJ
Mr. Gridleys statements Borden Ga1ini ne ~
was not that the milk furnished was bad but that
the condensed milk made from II would not Keep;
In view of these statements, the congress euoptcu
n resolution ca ling upon the Department OF ARti.
cnltnre 20 analvze ensiage milk and compare III
with tue ANALYSIS OF othei mia tH Ppfter breskins
with the Borden Company he ppt on ms laIIn ITo
steers for market. To each of them twenty po9nuEs "
of ensiloce was fed twice day, with SIX pounus ol
ol % t noon Dnring the month of December the
average gain in weight was seventy POUNDS eaoh
one gaining lbs pounds in fifty days.
The question was put as to whether ensllages IeeG
xvas ininrous TO horses. On this opinions dlnereo
materially. Dr. Baxter, a Virginia farmer, gave a,
ms experience that snsage Tas fatal to horses
Tenrv Goodyyili of Vassaic n. V said that he haC
iried nffy the experiment. aud his horse had thrvet
under il. Another New York farmer sald that o' ~
had fed ensilageA 40 mules with good results On'
OF fo the directing farmers Of Frederick Bronson
farm, Greenfield HILL Conn, stated iiad ina
ont of ten horses fed Oh ensilage eight had dled
Tyhile the same ensilage had been beneficial to th'
general opinion of hYs the C0ng5eiS 6o ,a dP
Fxcent in fbe matter of the Condensed Milk Com
pany. the enslage farmers report themselves sue
cessfnl during the past year. Inc only company,
AGAINST the milk have been made IN cases where the
cows were fed immediately before milking, and q
change i'm the hour of feed has rectlLed this.