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

mors yet- This sxp.zieucs has d
Donstzsts d 70 eur mind ~ pss.ihilia
Of further changes IN The system I
ensaiAging- Part Of the crop Va
placed On the ground outsidc the I'll
quite greeu-so green that ths mas
heated very considerably. yet non
vas injured except . very little upo
the surface. Had Ne covered Tia
with straw, none would have bsen Ia
jered- Had this been placsd 20 sha
the air could have got under he nas
and circulated through IL. doubles
The whole would have been more o
less injured This vas partially cured
II Is true: but il Is our Deliberate juds
nsent that IL this bad been stored Per
fectiy green. the preservation voaI<
have been even more perfect. for II,
reason that the mass would have be
come more compact
The desire. though. 70 avoid the spec
ulative, and keep this paper within tn,
bounds II expsrience. fosbids the fol
lowing Of theory. Fortunately Their
are some cases Of ensilaging without
siios, that have gone into the domain
Of sxperience.
Alvin Deteseaux, before the New
York Dairymen's Association. In 4
paper on "Stock Feed" relates hi
experience in pitting ensilage. Hi
silo being fuiI. and some Of his croI
left over. he says: :. We dug . pit 3;
feet By 10 feet, and six feet in depth, I
lev feet from the platform where oal
ensilage cutter vas .laced. We tarnec
the cutter around. put on the belt from
the engine, crossed and ses up our Gle
vstor 30 that IL would drop the GU
corn In the center OF the pit, and in I
little over two days We had eighty ton.
Of ensilage in The pit. We then TIRES
hack the earth for q covering and
weight. rounding Il ~ exactly - yos
would pit where potatoes are bt RED
The LIST Of November our cows wen
into winter qua tiers, and We openes
our pit with some fears A. TO the re
salt. We found the ensilage 6rst CO IS
We expected the corn would moule
where 1t came in contact with the sartl
ON the sides Of the pit. but it did not
You might think II wouli freeze wher
the mercury sank TO below sero, but i
did not. There was just enough fer
mentation to melt all the SHOWS thrt
fell upon it. and also to secure 1t from
freesing. We have Just d ishsd feed
ing IL, and it has carried iis animals
forty days on their winter journey
The expense OF digging the pit va,
Sl4. and. OF course. 1t cost more t.
cover and uncover than il would In tbs
silo. There IL also some more waste
20 now I do not recommend this plan
for permanent USE"
BESEFfrs.
Extravagant estimates have been
made as TO the benefits 10 accrue from
the feeding OF ensilage by enthusiasts
Who have tested II with success; some
writers seemingly forgetting that nc
more, and, in fact. not quite SO much
in food value can come out OF . siio Is
Is put into IL. The having succulenl
food in wiater is = long stride IN the
direction of lat cattle and full flow
Of milk the whole year round, winter
or summer. The well known fact that
full feed upon rich pasture or upon
freshly cut green grass viii fAtten while
the me grass cut and made into hay
will no more than maintain the fiesh
and fat already ON the animal. and
hardly that. tells the whole secret oil
the success Of the silo. Ensilage will
fstten the same as II freshly cut from
the field and fed at oaee. Prof. Knox
OF the Iowa State Agricultural College,
says: "ln this climate the forage
plants OF most luxnriant growth are
coarse and suoculent, not easily cured,
and. when dry. contain much woody
iiber. In their green state they ere Al
excellent food for stock. with little
waste; in their dry state q considera-
BILE portion is indigestible, which, with
the parts animals reject. constitute
about 40 per cent. Of the whole. The
proportion Of innutritious parts de-
ponds much upon the kind. coarse
ness, time Of cutting, manner of cur
ing, storing, &c; but il is safe to place
the range at from Is to 50 per cent. To
this should be nd ed liability to damage
by vet weather, owing 20 the long time
required to cure such crops in the field
| emphasize the forage crops, because
in my Judgment, the future progress
i've agriculture depends upon the util'
ization OF them"
DIR. Bailey says: Green grass and
other forage crops contain over - pei
cent. of water; in the process of cur
ing by drying about 20 per cent. il
evaporstcd. Now this 20 per cent. o
water carries with il large amount o
valuable nutrition. Ths, which pAssel
oil Is Just what makes the difference
between June butter and winter but
ter. II it does not lose by drying tn
hrs, time. how does it happen that
loses SO much by drying the secon'
time, after being vet9 The wettinl
does not injure the forage. else cut fee'
would be injured by being sprinkled
and s;eaming fodder would be ute
ruin. II is the drying after the wet
ting that robs the forag of its value
The water which Is dried out of tn
forage leaves IL in the shape Cd hay ties
aud the CIR drawing is the strong