Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-01

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tssna A. sisted elsewhere IN tAb p
pr. this i erroueo1s- Whateves nay
have been The csuse hat - led up 4
this, thsse 10 no doubt that Other crop.
dan corn ere nsore suited sos ensilael
and make better Fafi,ns- Il 10 nd
propodtioa 70 say thss whatever for
age crops are best suited 70 Tie col
and climate al . given iscalisy. thas d
the crop to grow for esssilAge. What
ever 10 best fed - . green crop i bsss
Tor eailass. The same may b nid Of
grain crops - vel, except thst in such
cases thsss should be cut before fully
ripe. II one lives in . corn country,
IL has bsen generally accepted that
corn Is the best, for the reason that
such enormous yields are possible; hot
II = demonstrated beyond question
hat one ton Of clover snslage is
worth two tons Of the best corn ensil-
age Il has not, however. been shown
that two tons Of corn can be put into
the milo for the same cost - one ton Of
clover. Az . matter Of fact, where the
value Of the land Is not too great. clo-
yer ensilAgs can be produced in this
country - cheap. ton for ton, ss corn,
and. with labor the same - prevails in
the corn bait, can even compete with
corn In its own home Speaking Il
clover - an ensilage crop. under the
head Of Feeding Animals" Stewart
says: As viii be seen by the table.
red clover 10 he most nifTogenous Of
the leguminous grasses there gwen.
except iucern or alfalfa, and this latter
has not been cultivated to any consid-
cradle extent except in California. A
full crop OF green clover weighs more
than most farmers suppose The au-
thor has fed many acres Of red clover
for soiling. and csrefully weighed the
product Of sn acre in different seasons
Ten tons have been found only q good
crop In . favorable season, and some
times twelve tons have been weighed
from an acre at tue FIRST cutting
Twenty ton, may be taken from an
acre at three cuttings in the most IA
vorable seasons. Laws and Gilbert's
experiments with different fertilizers
for clover prodr ced from fourteen to
eighteen gross tons Of green clover At
one cutting, the latter yield being equal
TO little over twenty American ions-
And as . ton OF clover is worth two
tons of fodder. tcornl it will be seen
that the clover crop may be quite as
profitable for -ensilage a. corn" We
would not advise limiting the ensil-
age crop Of this country to clover. We
ensilsged asst year both corn and oats.
and shall this year begin with rye, fol-
lowing that with wheat and clover,
and this in turn with peas and oats
sown together, and . separate small
a ea of corn. According to Stewart.
the better balanced ration is obtained
from corn and cover mixed, or peas
and oats mixed, or timeshy, clover,
and orchard grass. Any crop that can
be handled with machinery can be
more cheaply deposited in the silo
after it is grown than can sub as
must necessarily be handled by hand.
Is Is the case with corn.
For the dairy the four leading crops
named, viz. osts. peas, clover and
corn, are doubtless much the best for
fattening, barley and wheat would
properly have . place; but fol- milk
the former in particular should be e.
cluded. With clover and timothy,
and, in fact, with oil our grasses, two
crops year may always be cut to ad-
vantage. Alfalfa, on the East Slope"
will come in rs one of the standard
crops for en.ilage. rs it stands high as
to feeding value, yields heavily, and
gives tvo or more crops year.
WHEN TO cCr.
All crops for ensilsge should be cut
while in the succulent state-corn be-
fore the ear hardens, other grains while
in the milk, or not later than when in
the dough, peas as going into the
pod" clover and grasses just before or
ct the first bloom. There are several
reasons lesding up to these conclu-
sions, chiefly thst at such times the
substance in the crop is then in bet
ter state for assimilation into the sys-
lens Of animals than at any previous
or subsequent time. Formerly corn
was planted or sovn very thickly and
grown tall ana spindling. and cut be-
fore even the tassel appeared. Now
the best authorities tell US to grow il
"open in hills" just as you would for
. grain crop, and let it mature fully
formed ear. Any one can quickly
convince himself that that is best by
taking q section Of stalk grown as
first. stated AMI one grown as in the
latter case. In the first instance the
juices are scant and insipid, while in
the latter they are abundant and sweet
and have the additional value of the
fully formed ear besides. To our mind
it is settled as Q fact that one ton Of
well matured corn is worth three tons
OF immature fodder. On this very
question We ha q case in point, an
Temperance and incident" in the year
just closed The large southern white
corn planted in June only came into
tassel in september, and We had TO cut
it In that stage Of growth. In an ad'
joining field Stowell's evergreen, plant.
al earlier. had good roasting ears, and
plenty OF them. We fed some of both
green. and ensilaged part Of each
crop. Although the latter des eloped
larger stalks. yet it vas eaten up much
cleaner than the former. and we coulc