New-York tribune., 1886-01-21
WEALTH FROM ENSILAGE.
EDWARD ATyINsoN's sANGUINE VIEWS.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGRESS OF AMERICA
GEORGE G. SMITHS EXPERIENCE

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGRESS OF AMERICA
GEORGE G. SMITHS EXPERIENCE.
The Ensilage Congress of America began its fifth
session yesterday morning at the Grand CentIal
Hotel Its members ale chiefly owners OF DAIRY
farms in Westchester and New-Jersey, who have
become Interested in the question OF ensliage as
snd cheese. About eighty were present YESTERDAY, a
Orlando b. Potter presided and addresses were
made by George q. Smith, of st. AlDans, VT, ana
Edward Atkinson, of Boston.
MIR Potter, on taking the chair, congratulated
his fellow-farmers on the steady progress OF sys-
tenn by which stock, instead OF practically starving
through the winter could increase in value and
weight az rapidly and almost as cheaply as uurfng
the summer. He was convinced by ITS use on MS
Wes.che farm that the farmers of the Eastern
and Middle states could support and iced twice as
much stock as under the old syetem. lie had
found his fodder when turned into ensllage worth
fully as much per ton for feeding and
fattening cattle as the same weight OF
hay Swift's definition of a public benefactor
should be changed to g the man who can feed four
head of stock where only one could be fed before.
Mr.. Smith read paper giving the results OF his
experiments with cnsilage ior SIX years on two 'er-
mont farms. he sad
Under the system Of storing and feeding ensiage
the capacity of dairy farms has been qnadruped When
feeding the cows dried up. practically and me years
work had to be done in the six summer months Now,
SSt.ss az and best beef too in Winter when both
great demand and bring the highest prices The worn
corn, the most certain OF our crops, by turning II
into nSass & cam BE Of "sa9 land tnG got
year 200 tons Of ensage at cost OF exactly seventy
seven cents ton enough 10 keep al IRON Juns os
"sweet ensilage." like that In England but has no
as with any natural product 1t be made as easily
with ordinary intelligence, as hay. ana is vastly more
fSSn Of Ray There are iiss sios now
England and OF he 373 cases inquired nto by the Eng
lsh Ensilage Commission only small percentage were
unsatisfactory
Mr.. Atkinson was then called on to speak. He SAID
that he had two silos on his small farm near
hat II was throuuh
between himself and the Brltlsh Consul, Mr.. Hen-
derson. at Boston, that Lord Wasingham's Ensil-
age Commission was organized. lie added:
The use of enslage means revolution ID agriculture
in New-Eng gland and Old England. As you go further
north the quality of all crops becomes better We have
the aualty NewEngland now and II we can get the
Suantity.as ensage promises-the Eastern states will
be best place for farming and not the place to leave
The average daily consumption III America by ADULTS OF
your dairy farm products is ten cents worth OF mea
i've cents worth of milk butter and cheese ana nan
sumption OF the meat product 81 $50 600 600 the dairy
egg product itself is greater than that OF pig on WOOL
aud silver together Yet who stands Tor the non yars
ness OF this country to tho value Of an eighty dol
lari why not buy S2OOOo0O worth Of hens eggs every
heals two equally absurd and meddling lawsi
tits waste of good food to put corn Into pork We
enough beef, but with Bismarck closing the doors Of
Germany against us the sna we 40 WIN M
corn protein and loses fats Corn IN porK
of The corn are reinforced pork they merely lost
Indian corn is renovatug not an exnausIihe plant
IT needs no expensive nitrOgeRous fertilizers MADE n-
to ensage and fed to returns to the SOIL IN ma
pure and leaves farm at the end OF ten years richer
Than II found It, II is here that the agriculture OF
the and Middle States has so splendid an out
look before It, establish Deeffactores, as
we cotton and woolen ones The ranches
ef the West have reached their maximum. vermont
with system Of ensage and freight 10 pay can see
them and 20 them one better have been laughed AT
as for saying that two steers can be fed 10 an
acre But Mr. Smiths figures show that one acre can
snprort four We want huge beef stables Of heavy tim
bers. with three-neh plank sides and santipg SKY:
lights like the factories built now on the sowDuInDg
Drinciple of all underwriters There Is no longer any
need OF our young running about looking fof an oc
cnpatiOn Capital ana brains In the beeiactory Ousl,
ness mean cents profit pound ana that means 10
per cent OIL the investment per annum
Edward Grindley, of Wassaic y. T., was chosen
president for the coming year, j. Is: Brown. OF No
Is Beekman-st. secretary, and W. W. Merrlam,o No.
6I Iiberty-st treasurer. Among the vce-presidcnts
elected were 0. B. Potter and William ". Smgerly,
Editor of The Philadelphia Record; A dinner was
given IN the evening at the Grand Genital Hotel,
at which fifty members and then friends were
present. Dr. f. S. Lambert spoke by invitation on
!sThe Unexpected" and other addresses were made
Wy prominent dairy farmers