The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07

seems to us that it ought speedily to
come Into general use. The siio as
proposed by Mr.. Carskadon Is so
cheaply and easily constructed as to
be within the means of the poorer
class of farmers, and we are sure that
if farmers and stock growers will
adopt it, and with it the custom OF
sheltering their stock, their profits
will be greatly increased and their
losses quite as greatly diminished.
About this subject we shall have
more to say in the near future.
OF the editors of the State, a large
number of whom were invited, only
a very few were present. Mr., Hart,
of the Wheeling LlteLLfQencer, was
promptly on hand, manifesting much
interest in the matter. In his paper
of Monday he devotes two columns
to this affair, and the subject. Ofthe
many other editors invited we are
sorry that 50 few responded to the
polite invitation of Mr.. Carskadon.
We regret this on more than one ac-
count. We believe the visit would
have been of value to their agricultu-
raj readers. The farmers of the State
will he benefited by the discussion
of new ideas, and the introduction of
.srv OF .Inelr lost uarJi''o --(s8c0. CbS9sj
new methods. In the matter of shei9
ter to stock and of cheap and whole
some food for them, reform is cyl
IDENTIFY much needed, and the country
newspapers ought to advocate it. To
this humanity and self interest alike
urge.
The value of the SilO is no longer a
debatable question. 1t has passed
the experimental stage and may be
regarded among the proved and
adopted appliances of the farm. An
acre of good land will produce twenty
tons of ensilage. Every ton of this
is worth from one-third to One-half
a ton of good hay. Putting it at the
lowest ratio, an acre of ground will
produce a value of ensilage equiva-
lent to about seven tons of good hay.
The cost of enSilage is from two to
two and half dollars per ton, 1t
will be seen, then, that ensiIage will
cost very much less than hay, which
has hitherto been regarded as the
most profitable food for stock.
Mr.. c., who is the pioneer siloist
in West Virginsa, after careful trial
for two years, and after careful
study of the experience of others, is
convinced that the capacity Of land
for supporting stock is at least doub-
led by the use of enSilage. He in
vites any doubters to come to his
barn and see the stock fed.
Col. LIE Grand Cannon, of Connec-
ticut, says: 81 do not suppose or es-
innate, but by careful testing | knew
that ensilage is 534 per cent. cheaper
than any other mode | have ever
been able to discover for feeding
stock"
J. Gregory Smith, ex-governor of
Vermont, says: "After careful ex-
periments in raising cattle l know
that the gain is at least 80 per cent.
over any other food known to me-"
Col. Morris, of Oakland Mills, Md.
the pioneer silOist in America, using
from six to eight hundred tons per
year, says: "Ensilage at least doubles
the capacity of my land for carrying
stock" Col. M, is, after an expert
ence of eight years, as enthusiastic as
ever.
Letters expressing regret at their
unavoidable absence were received |
from Hon. Lloyd Lowndes and Maj. |
Shaw, of Maryland, ex Senator H.
G. Davis, Hon. G. w. Atkinson, of
Wheeling, w. Va, A. B. White, of
the State Journal, J. II. Reilly, of the
Martinsburg Herald, and others.
On the whole it was very pleas
ant affair. Besides Mr.. Hart, and !
Mr.. Douglass of the Tribune, there
were present DR.. A. Gerstell, who
with his humorous "reminiscences
and witty salies was the life of the
party. DR.. R. Gerstell, F. M. Rey-
nolds, d. w. Babb and G. NJ Babb,
of Grant co. Okey Johnson, Esq, of
Patterson's creek, Mr.. Bees, Hon.
J. Y. Vance, of Hampshire county,
Mr.. j. w. Wilson, of Rawlings, and