The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-19

thereby providing a suitable escape for
the blood, pus, etc.; and a piece of
linen dipped in Laudanum forced into
the wound. This can be done by al
most any one and may save serious
trouble.
Birds are invaluable to the fruit grow
ers. We always make them welcome.
| They begin their days work in the
morning when daylight appears, and at
all hours OF the day they are busy catch
ing those worms and insects that de-
stroy our fruits. We are not only bene-
fitted by their labors, but also DELIGHTED
with their songs as they cheerfuIly
search for our enemies all the dav long
True, they eat our cherries, but it was
our fault that we did not plant more
that there should be enough for ms
and a few for the birds. Our kind treat
ment makes them gentle and tame.
They make their nests all around us
and rear their young, returning 10 us
each year i'll increasing numbers. We
have no tent caterpillars, for the black
birds have destroyed their nests and
eaten the inmates long ago. Ten years
ago. before we had the charge of the
orchards, the tent caterpillars had COM
plete possession; the blaekbirds were
Shot at and driven away. for pulling up
corn at the time they were making their
nests. Now the corn is coal-tarred, and
is not disturbed by birds, and tLey fill
our orchards. So far this year, we have
only found single brood of caterpiIlars
or rather the remains, for the worms
were taken before we found the nest.
All kinds of birds are welcome. Even
the desplsed English sparrow is keeping
the canker worm in check.-E9.
The siio is a device intended to ex-
clude the air from green food fit for the
consumption of cattle-as cornstalks.
clover, rye or other forage crops. 1t is
scientific advance upon the ancient
method of preserving green food by
covering it with earth. The silo is pit
usually constructed of masonry, the
sides and bottom of which must be
waterproof, into which green fodder is
packed and pressed down with such
necessary covering and weight as TO ex-
clude the air and thus prevent ferment-
alton. The pits are usually twenty feet
in depth, and are most cheaply con-
structed if nearly square in form and
so divided into compartments as to be
readily covered with grooved planking
upon which the superintendent weight
is placed. This form of division is adj
vantageous in allowing the use of de-
sirable portions of the ensilage without
removing the pressure from the re-
mainder. The pits should be near the
barns or sheds where cattle are kept. IF
they can be located against the slope of
hill it affords obvious advantages in
filling and afterwards weighing down
the ass with stones or some other form
of pressure. The whole secret of sue
cess in preserving the contents of a silo
is the thorough exclusion of the air.
The cornstalks or other fodder is more
readily compressed if it is cut into short
lengths ready for feeding before it is put
in the silo, and the work of filling should
be done as rapidly as possibly to prevent
the commencement of the heating or
fermenting process before the silo is
filed
The fodder from properly construct
ed silo is better for cattle when taken
out than when put in and more readily
digested. Another prime advantage is
in compact storage. In silo with an
inside measurement of 40x16 feet and
depth of twenty feet $50 tons of fodder
may be stored and kept in good condi-
ton indefnitely.-E1.