Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-30
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ENSIlAGE.
WHAT PRACTICAL MEN SAY ABOUT IT.
From Hoard's Dairyman.I

From Hoard's Dairyman
Two years experience goes far to con-
vince me that p tons of ensilage, made
from sweet corn with roasting ears devel-
oped. is fully equal in feeding value to
one ton of hay, and greatly to be prefer
red for milk cows, calves, brood sows
and shoats.- Hiram Smith, Wisconsin.
We have fed our herd of 100 Jerseys
on it (mornng and night, with hay at
noon tor five years, and each year we
find the results more encouraging We
find that with one half the quantity of
grain we used to feed with hay, if fed
with ensilage, gives US two per cent
more cream and a better flow Of milk.
- John Mayer Mahwah, y. j.
In regard to having the so-called sweet
ensilage, the main point appears to have
the corn well-ripened ready for early cut
ting and shocking. Corn ripened SO that
the grain begins to dent will make sweet
ensiage, even if the silo is filled in
single day Prof. Henry of Wisconsin
Experiment Station.
The great danger in feeding corn ensi-
lage in practical way is in feeding too
great a proportion of this and not enough
dry, rough fodder and gram. Corn en-
silage should never be fed alone. Our
own experiments and those reported by
other stations. indicate that corn pro-
duces the most digestible feed if cut in
the glazing stage or when the ends of the
grains are beginning to harden Bulle-
tin. Minnesota University.
Prof. Alvord found in a test made at
HoughtOn farm that "A greater per cent of
the fats of the milk were converted into
butter when the cows were fed grain and
corn enslage than when fed hay and
grain. Prof. W. a. Vol, Wisconsin,
found that 1850 per cent more fat was
churned out from the mixed milk of two
cows when fed on ensilage than when
they received corn fodder Michigan
College Bulletin.
As the saving of ensilage depends on
the exclusion of the air, by cutting the
material fine it can be thus easier and
more perfectly packed and the air exclud
ed, so we have found it best to cut as
short as we could get, from one-fourth to
three-fourths of an inch in length. The
finer it is cut the better feed it makes, es-
pecialy for sheep and young stock T.
r.. Carskadon in Ensilage.
Ensilage has been tested for sheep and
stands approved, especially for the NUT
ton breeds where early lambs are desid-
eratum. But it is advisable to give
portion of dry feed with the enslage, as
it has a tendency, if given alone, to make
the animals soft and sensitive to cold
sble to make the large free mixers of
the Cotswold breed give too much milk
at the outset Sheep Breeder.
From observation and personal expert
ence | think the preservation of corn fod-
der in silos will be largely adopted by
skillful farmers. 1t has several advan-
tages, viz: The comparatively small
space required for given amount; the
great ease with which the fodder may be
cut short while soft and green; avoiding
the labor and risk of curing in shocks in
the field the readiness with which the
stalks may be harvested in all weathers
except pouring rains the whole of the
stalk being eaten by the cattle, and the
advantages of green. succulent food
through the winter; increase in the flow
of milk some ten or twelve per cent
John J. Thomas in Mirror and Farmer.
Green food in tight slo and in the
stomach of COW is closely analogous in
respect to conditions and changes. The
paunch of a Iuminant is a silo in mnia-
ture, or, if you please. "A wel-built silo is
large rumen for the reception and prep
aration Of food for digestion. In each
the food is partly comminuted and in
each exactly the same action is begun
namely, Tactic fermentation. 1t may be
carried little further in the silo if it re-
main long, but as far as they 90 the
changes are both alike.-.TL l.. b. Arnold.
When there are gas works within rea
sonable distance it is better to get ga:
tar than use coal tar from the kerosen,
refneries. it, when hot, penetrates til,
lumber better. dries harder, and smell,
less, and when one and one-half pounds
of pulverized resin is put into each gallon
of the hot tar and applied, it makes re
markedly hard and glossy finish. Sucl
tar is very cheap, the barrel costing a
much as the tar. The two cost abou
$3.50 for - gallons and barrel, free OF
board the cars Yes, put it on montl
or two before you fill your silo.-[ Hoard
Unknown.
have never regretted that secured q
two-hOrse tread power for cutting and
grinding feed. This works well, is KEEP