Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14
BENNINGTON FARMERS.
THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
CONTINUES ITS MEETINGS.
Variety of Discussions Ensilage and Corn
Eodder-Worn Out Farms-Sheep Hus-
bandry Forage Crops and the
Wastes of the Farm.

A fair sized audience greeted the Board
of Agriculture at Bennington. j. o. San
ford of Stamford, was chosen chairman.
The opening address was omitted and Mr..
Homer w. Vail of Pom'ret, gave an adj
dress on ensage an abstract of which has
been published in the FREE Press.
MIR. Root said "Mouton Brothers, who
made the first prize butter at Worlds fair
in Paris, feed on ensllage, about 20 pounds
per COW per day
Mr.. Vail "Ensilage will be used as II
soiling crop. Our pastures are growing
less. We have TO contend against drouth
and worn out pastures. Can soil with oats
and peas, Hungarian, etc. "
In answer TO questions Mr.. Vail said
"The large butts of corn will analyze as well
as any part of the corn; never saw any butts
taken from the silo that the COW would not
eat Can get in as much corn in silo
whole as cut. but whole corn must be
weighted heavily; 50 must oats and peas or
any fodder that has hollow stalk; always
feed from the top of the silo, and do not cut
it down, as it lures from the cut sides 1t
is not necessary either to fill slow or fast.
Should prefer to put corn in nearly ripe. 1t
will rot make perfect feed; should feed
bran or cotton seed meal to balance the
ratio, but not corn meal.
Prof. Cooke said: Oats, barley and rye
have about the same feeding elements; cot
ton seed meal is better to feed with ensilage.
Mr.. Harvood asked what was the rela-
tive value of feed when well covered or put
in silo. His corn was cut green and cows
eat all the stalks.
Prof Cooke said the digestbility of ens-
lage is not improved by putting into the
silo. The most easily digested parts pass
of by the heating process and the same
element passes off in drying. There is n
waste of starch and sugar in either process.
If corn fodder was weighed green there
would be found to be waste in drying, in
dry matter as well as water.
Mr.. Cooke said The making. Smelling.
grinding and tole for corn, for j6 pounds
Of meal, will cost about / cents That
will buy at present time 90 pounds of corn.
Corn put i'll the silo at glazed point, the cob
is digestbIe and there is a benefit to the
hard stalks being sliced. An experiment in
feeding the Lutts of corn stalks against the
tips at the Vermont experiment farm was
found to be much in favor of
the lower part of the stalk The
experiment was made on milk cows.
Apple pomace is as good corn en-
silage In the POO days Of feeding in win
ably to each COW, feeding 10 per day to each
COW. Taken fresh from the mill, press hard
into silo or bin; will not heat much or fer
ment. Do not think it hurts much to freeze;
would feed in connection with other feeds
about as follows: Ten apple ponace, 10 hay,
Z gram and what ensilage the COW would
eat Our silos were filled this year in alter
nate layers of cut and whole ensilage
corn. Whole folder comes out in
the best shape. No sour smell about
Any ensilage has some sour taste or
acid in it, The corn we used was mostly
King Phillip, all mad ears and some quite
ripe. Where whole corn isput IL silo it is the
universal verdict that it comes out in IA bet
ter condition than the cut. The ripper the
corn is the more starch and less sugar-not
much difference in cost of putting in West
ern whole or cut. Takes twice as long to
get whole corn out of silo as cut.