Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-11

thas soyal people shcGid b deaish -
rights. yes b coUp<llsd 70 hdp sup
posz the COWS nnsens tA<t denies thsn
eit;seaship or ia share a the een-
e6ss 1t The svvernment Nevefsheiess
the time all COME when this state a
Attain sili cease. and then Is behoovss
this comsnonxealth 70 look sci afisR
this progressive movement One thing
Congs ess cannot do. and that IS. hey
cannot shut ~ out from the knoviedss
promulgated By these seasions a -
States and 10 them for The present -
must look for cur new information
KxsrLAsE WITHOUT srLos.
The Western Farm Journal nys:
I" We clip from . report Il one q IL
best revival agencies we know of-an
asricul ural institute in Ainnasots-
the following"
Hon. p. II. Rahiily said that be
lost his hay last autumn when IL vas
too late to procure fresh supply. de
clover. Of hf years. grOwth. and hnv-
ins read . good deaf about ensilage,
determined TO make this clover avusla-
ole. If possible. for winter feed Tor his
stock. IL vas after the LIT of October,
with the season TOO far advanced to
bald siiO. and the weather tu0 unfs-
~ he pioceeded 10 cut IL and put is
~ I'd Rx<rh rvSh -
de d. for which hs prepared botto0
high enough 10 prevent injury 81 mos
ture from the earth. He pot the hay
upon this packing il dvwn tightly In
successive layers BY tramping and roll
ing over il, on heavy pasnks. large
held roller. The psAnks covered one
third II the length Of tie rick and ex-
te,sued across it. His men put on one
load. spreading il evenly over one
third; the pisnks were then placed
upon this and the roller mounted upon |
them aud rolled backward and forward |
until another section 81 one-third re-
ceived its layer Of hay, when the planks
and roller were trsnsferre 70 IL. The
layers we're less than faot thick alter
This pr cess va. con-
linued until the clover Vas stacked.
IL was covered With straw, the roller
and p anks remaining on u until IL Wao
packed. Although pat up
vet and partly IN = rain, except lev
inches on the OUTSIDE the ensilAge kept
weii and has afforded, with the sddi- |
lion Of straw and grain, IN ample sup
ply OF what ne believes 70 be excellent |
and hezlthiui food."
We believe and have for long time |
believed, and may almost say we have /
had experience 70 warrant saying, that
clover ensilsge may b. preserved with
,ut q silo. This man undoubtedly sue
;eeded, but he would have doubtless
succeeded better had he simply put his
'lover in the rick in layers . foot or
NO deep At . time, and simply let it
'ettie BY its own weight. By giving it
lime, and not packing too close At first,
% that the heat will up in . bury
better il to lao or $50 degrees-then the
,nsilsge would be sweet and remain 90;
,therwise the tendency would be 70 sour
houeh not to decay.
Now over forty years ago, when .
ad on the home farm, We saw an open
% barn filled with clover merely wilt
d, not cured, hauled in within three
'ours after cutting, that kept well.
hough it got ss hot rs bl zes" and
smoked like a TAR KIM" a. one Of
he neishbors said who predicted il
would be . " rotten III, S. but II was
lot; it vas chartered good enslage,
hough we did mol know it by that
lame. IL the siios fail b, Id al the
rop this year, we will rex some VI 1t
,reen, without The fear Of losing much
airy. and Will want it to get " hot rs
'lazes" and ~ smoke like . tar
.iln."