Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-08-23

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From ltoaris pairymanl
Two years experience goes far TO con
vince me that , tons Of ensilage, made
from sweet corn with roasting ears devel
oped is fully equal in feeding value to one
ton Of hay, and is greatly To he preferred
for milk cows calves, brood sows and shoats
Hiram Smith, Wisconsin.
We have fed our herd of 100 Jerseys on
it (morning and night, with hay at noon
for 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 ensiage, gives
us two per cent more cream and a better
flow Of mik.-JohH Mayer Mdhcdh, n. D.
In regard to having the so called sweet
ensilage, the main point appears to have the
corn well-ripened ready for early cutting
and shocking. Corn ripened so that the
grain begins to dent, will make sweet ensi-
lage. even if the silo is filled in a single day.
-ItoC HENRY Of Wisconsin Experiment
station
The great danger in feeding corn ensilage
in practical way is in feeding too great a
proportion of this and not enough dry, rough
fodder and grain Corn ensiage should
never be fed alone. Our own experiments
and those reported by other stations, indi-
cate that corn produces the most digestible
feed if cut in the glazing stage or when the
ends Of the grains are beginning to harden.
bulletin, Minnesota InirersitU
Prof. Alvord found III 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 md
corn ensilage than when fed hay and grain.
Prof. W. A. Vol, Wisconsin, found that
II. 60 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 materi-
al fine it can he thus easier and more per
fectly packed and the air excluded, so we
have found it best to cut as short as we
could get it, from one-fourth to three-fourths
of an inch in length. The finer it is cut the
better feed it makes, especially for sheep
and young stock.-T. Il. Cdrskddon IN En-
Siidge.
Ensilage has been tested for sheep and
stands approved, especially for the mutton
breeds where early lambs are desderatum
But it is advisable to give a portion of dry
feed with the ensiage, as it has a tendency,
if given alone, to make the animals soft and
sensitive to cold weather, and besides that
it is quite possible to make the large free
mixers Of the Cotswold breed give too much
milk at the outset.-Sheep Brceder
From observation and personal expert
ence think the preservation of corn fod
der in silos will be largely adopted by skill
| full farmers. 1t has several advantages,
viz: The comparatively small space re
quired for "A 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.-,Iohn j. Thomas in Mirror and Farm
| er.
Green food in tight silo and in a stom-
ach of a COW, is closely analogous in respect
| to conditions and changes. The paunch of
a ruminant is IA so in miniature, or, if you
| please, a well built slo is large rumen for
the reception and preparation of food for
| digestion. In each the food is partly com
minuted, and in each exactly the same act
| ion is begun. namely, Tactic fermentation.
| 1t may be carried little further in the silo
| if it remain long, but as far they 20 the
| changes are both alike. h. -iiHOh
When there are gas works within reason
| able distance it is better to get gas tar than
use coal tar from the Kerosene refineries
| 1t, when hot, penetrates the lumber better.
dries harder, and smells less and when one
and one half pounds of pulverized resin is
| put into each gallon of the hot tar and ap-
Piled it makes a remarkably hard and CLOS
sy finish. Such tar is very cheap, the bar
rel costing as much as the tar. The two
cost about - 30 for 81 gallons and barrel,
! free on board the cars. Yes, put it on IA
month or two before you fill your sio
-HOdniS Inknocn.
| have never regretted that | secured a
two horse tread power for cutting and grind
ing feed This works well, is kept housed
in a small space, and is very easily and
quickly moved from one spot to another,
furnishes good exercise for horses and colts
in winter, can be worked in cold, stormy,
clustering weather as well as at other times,
and, best of ALL these are now so governed
that they are perfectly safe. The sweep
! horse powers cannot be housed, cannot be
worked i'll an ordinary barn, and are useless
on stormy days and with the same number
of horses are only half as effective as a good
/ tread power. In the case of very large
silos holding hundreds of tons l presume it
might pay to secure an engine to cut the
corn, but for eight or ten acres of corn and
silos to hold a hundred tons of siage, |
think the tread power will prove entirely
satisfactory Prof A. j. cooke in Sio and
SHdge.